Sarah Stone is a North American pop-folk narrative painter and muralist. Her colorful and stylized artworks prompt contemplation about the beauty and fragility of being, the inevitability of change, and the challenges of coexisting with other lives on our planet. Her protagonists are often portrayed as isolated figures in vibrant, energetic surroundings which could be interpreted as life force, but could also imply chaos. She invites viewers to see themselves in relation to the subjects, not just as observers, but as influencers.
Her inspirations are rooted in biological studies, dream imagery, ancestral mythologies, and folk/outsider arts. She paints primarily in acrylics on wood or mural fabric, sometimes adding three dimensional, collage and mixed media elements.
Largely self-taught in painting, Sarah studied illustration and animation at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts before relocating to LA. There she discovered the Venice studios of Roger Corman where she worked as a prop maker, animator, and set muralist. This began a lengthy career designing for film and theater productions, laying the foundation for her current multi-disciplinary art practice.
Her work has been featured in many publications including Unpsychology Magazine, iō Literary Journal, Art Muzeo Magazine and others. She has also exhibited in galleries across the US, including Ghost Gallery, Seattle; La Luz de Jesus Gallery, LA; Sylvia White Gallery, Agoura; Gabba Gallery, LA; the Ontario Museum of History and Art; San Luis Obispo Museum of Art; The Autry Museum; and Lancaster MOAH/Cedar.
She lives and works in a canyon in the Santa Susana Mountains where the cycles of nature provide daily inspiration.
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