Through the Window 1 Painting

SARA BOWERS is an American-born Contemporary Artist making her home adjacent the Grampians National Park in Australia. Her current work is a response to the intricacies and uniqueness of Australian nature in the form of illuminated sculptures, works on paper, paintings, and carved sculptures in indigenous stone and wood. Aside from her work as an artist, Sara is a rock climber, graphic designer, and an avid lover of nature. Recent works address natural effects of fire and flood. ARTISTS STATEMENT: “From Seattle I moved to Australia in 2003 and was struck by the beauty of survival in an often parched, barren land. It has come to be a representative metaphor of many personal perseverances for me. In the last few years, I have dedicated my artistic focus to an awareness, response, and examination of the Australian landscape as it relates to my life. ”My work centers on the representation of subtleties and sensuousness of colour, shape and texture. I frequently focus on the changes and effects of weather, time, and seasons, as well as nature’s process and progress of birth, growth and rest. My work balances geometric shapes with organic forms and materials, in response to the balance of urban with rural, and of the fragility of death with the abundance of life. “My professional work as a graphic designer and training in photography have helped shaped my use of media and light in my fine art. Additional formal training in America, Europe, and Australia in the areas of art, architecture, and design have broadened my perspectives on conceptualization, and use of colour and structure. “My art does not seek to emulate nature, but instead aims to capture its essence, the energy of its creation, the perfect natural chaos of various stages of life, growth and decay. My desire is to tell the story I thinks it might have me tell – to pass on and share an encounter with it’s beauty and the subtlety of its soul.”