FIRST
EXHIBITION BY ARTIST SARA SILL
Is there life after law?
Leaving behind a lucrative
career as a Wall Street corporate lawyer for a more
personally rewarding career as the development director of a
non-profit organization dedicated to launching the careers
of great young musicians enabled Sara Sill to resume her own
creative pursuits in the visual arts.
Her first exhibit, “Visual Songs,” March 18 – 27, 2003 at the
National Arts Club, Marquis Gallery, 15 Gramercy Park South
features photo collage paintings that reflect her passions
for music, architecture and travel.
"It is only natural that being surrounded by music, its
influence can be seen in my art. My first collage was
inspired by a trip to Venice. Trying to photograph the
experience of floating on the Grand Canal, I realized that
the essence of Venice is about movement through the water
over time, and therefore no one picture capturing but a
single moment would suffice. The idea came to me to combine
a sequence of images that would convey a temporal journey,
like a ‘visual song.’ The result was a five-foot long
horizontal collage made up of photos, paintings, sketches
and found objects from my trip. It can be read like a score
of music. In fact, to appreciate it fully you have to move
physically from measure to measure.”
Many of Miss Sill’s collages are created while she travels.
She uses a "point-and-shoot" camera and has the film
developed locally. The serendipitous results are part of the
creative adventure.
Her photos are transformed through various collage
techniques into evocative paintings that dramatically
highlight the themes she has captured through the lens. For
example, many of the works she created in Greece, such as
“The Sea of Tables,” incorporate some reference to
the Aegean and its teal blue colors that she associates with
that country.
Images may be viewed by clicking
here.
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