Sally Sweetland Art and Illustration
Drawing in Ireland
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My paintings are generated from the heart and meant to touch the heart. SS As a life long creative, my work has won awards, been exhibited in many fine art galleries, and collected nationally and internationally. Prior to internets and desktop publishing my creations were selected for book covers and illustrations in magazines, newspapers and greeting cards, which was a great honor for me. Teaching painting drawing and design in art leagues and in my studios have been deeply satisfying and rounded out my gallery and illustrative endeavors. I grew up a short bicycle ride from the campus of U.C. Berkeley California during the revolution. Being exactly there at this epicenter during my "wonder years" had a profound impact and inspired the creative spirit inside. Happily, I received encouragement so I ran with it and haven't stopped making art ever since. Along the way, I studied art in Chile, earned my B.A. from U.C.Santa Cruz and a masters degree in Architecture from M.I.T. However the bulk of my education has come from Life itself, far travels on both outwardly and inwardly. In response to a solo gallery exhibit Mark Awodey published the following deeply considered review of a solo exhibit. I am particularly appreciative of his remarks because he seemed to "get" me: I work in many ways, use many mediums, subject matter, from abstract to interpretive... But one thing remains consistent and that is that I continue PAINT (and draw) many decades on.... While some artists seem to paint the same picture over and over again, perhaps trying to create a recognizable style, painter Sally Sweetland is aesthetically restless. Her exhibition of more than 30 oil-on-linen works at Stowe's West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park evidences a dazzling array of painterly approaches. The diversity of Sweetland's show, entitled "Patches of Sunlight and Hope," is at first a little jarring, but ultimately it reveals conceptual complexity, nods to art history and a full spectrum of beautifully composed hues. The cumulative effect of Sweetland's paintings is as rich as the natural world to which they frequently refer. "Natural Beauty" Published in Seven Days, Burlington Vermont, by Mark Awodey Further Notes & Interests / About the Artist: Ireland: Share a dual citizenship thanks to two Irish Grandmothers Sacred Geometry, Appropriate Technology, World Music & Dancing The Paintings of Pierre Bonnard and Richard Dienbenkorn Writings of Helen Luke, John O'Donohue, Alan Watts, Peter Kingsley Permaculture gardening and real food as the best medicine Working with college students to illuminate the food-as-medicine movement Being outside in nature every day of the year- in or near water |