Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Sarah Young

Blue Couch

Inspired by old family Polaroid pictures, this piece considers character and feeling in combination with environment and light.

“Without explicit narrative I distill the emotion contained within the image along with what I unconsciously ascribe to them. Not trying to prove or define their value, but rather have them be seen as I see them through painting. Like the palimpsest, once upon a time the pictures were produced, then buried, then rediscovered and remade, and the result becomes the fusion of the past and present. All becomes tangled into one. The paintings are extrapolations possessing a life span longer compared to the immediacy of the Polaroid, leaving the viewer with a sense of familiarity within an ongoing story of family and life. This series does not demand anything from you, rather offers a moment of comfort, reflection, or understanding.”