Artist Statement

My recent bodies of work bring forth a dance of light, shapes, and color fields. Each explosion of color brings me overwhelming joy and an inner peace that echoes from within my heart. Many of my finished works end up as happy accidents -I begin with a broad idea, apply color to my canvas, move the color around with various tools and take a step back. The image on my canvas evolves through each brush stroke and, after giving it some space, often ends up as a painting that has taken on its own identity, often different from my initial idea but usually much deeper and richer than anticipated.

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Artist Biography

Something magical happens when Sally immerses herself within color and movement. She considers herself a lifelong artist, expressing herself through various media, including acrylics, works on paper, collage, mixed media, and photography.

Sally is an abstract artist who grew up in York, PA and has been residing in Philadelphia, PA for over 35 years. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Drexel University and a Certification in Holistic Health Coaching from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Columbia’s Teachers College. Over the last 20 years, Sally has been taking art classes in drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, printmaking and abstraction. She currently spends the majority of her time in her studio getting messy and creating.

Solo shows have been held at Twenty-Two Gallery, 1241 Carpenter + Artspace, and Da Vinci Art Alliance, and is scheduled for The Cosmopolitan Club in 2021. She has been a part of many group shows including the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), Fleisher Art Memorial, Naudain Art Collaborative, Da Vinci Art Alliance, ARTSisters, and the Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts. She has been opening up her studio for the last few years as part of the Center for Emerging Visual Artist’s POST (Philadelphia Open Studio Tours). Sally’s work is in private collections throughout the United States and abroad.

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Education

2010 - 2020
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Continuing Education, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture

2005 - 2019
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Continuing Education, Painting, Collage, Printmaking

2004
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Continuing Education

2003
Institute of Integrative Nutrition and Columbia Teacher's College, New York, NY
Certificate in Health Coaching

1985
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
BS, Marketing

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Collection

Commissions

Private Collections in Philadelphia and Chicago

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Affiliation

Da Vinci Art Alliance
The Philadelphia Sketch Club
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
ARTsisters
InLiquid

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Exhibitions

Solo‍

2019
Number 8, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2018
Transitions, 1241 Carpenter + ArtSpace, Philadelphia, PA

New Works, Academy House Condominium, Philadelphia, PA

2017
Nourishing Palette, Twenty-Two Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

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Group‍

2020
ARTsisters Group Show, Virtual & Media Arts Council, Media, PA

2019
Abstraction, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juried

2018
Naudain Street Art Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA

Abstraction, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juried

2017
The Space in Between, Naudain Street Art Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA

Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2016
Student Show, Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention for Still Life Abstract

Member Show, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
Honorary Mention for Jumping Right In

2015
Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Student Show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA