ARTIST NAME
Sarah Kamsler

WHAT TO EXPECT
Using the landscape as a starting point, Sarah paints her own vision of the natural world and our relationship to it. Destruction is tempered by hope and regeneration. A wary playfulness inhabits the world she depicts. Arrow-like tree shapes, geological forms and disjointed sticks suggest shapes and textures from nature, but are no doubt personified to reflect the struggles that we navigate as humans. Many paintings reflect simultaneously environmental and societal concerns. Deforestation, overdevelopment of land, global warming, the domination of a leader, the patterns of migrating birds and a fascination with geology are all things driving her current work.

There will be food & drink. Stop in and say hello to see artists Sarah, Nicole Linde and Mulysa Melco in their studio

LOCATION
333 NE Hancock
On the corner of MLK & Hancock. 2nd floor.
Part of the Boxlift Building Art Studios.

DAYS & TIMES
Friday 5 – 9 PM
Saturday 11 – 6 PM
Sunday 11 – 6 PM

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sarah Kamsler is an artist living and working in Portland, OR. She earned her BFA in Painting from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and studied abroad for a semester at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts. Her main mediums are oil paint, acrylic and encaustic. Her work is centered around abstracted landscapes and is inspired by the fight for the natural world. The objects within her paintings are often personified to make one reflect on their own relationship with the environment and with others.

WEBSITE
http://www.kamsler.net/