Our Featured Artist is Sara Tuttle!Originally from Connecticut, Sara traveled to Richmond for college. She has been in the Richmond area since graduating from the University of Richmond, in 2009. She received her BA in Studio Art, with a ...minor in Art History and French. After graduating, she attended the Summer Studio Program at VCU. Sara plans to continue her education by applying to graduate school in order to earn her MFA. A few of her accomplishments include being awarded an Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship from University of Richmond two years in a row.
Tuttle describes her process as fluid. She starts with an idea, then lets the concept or image grow on its own. "I have a general idea of a theme or concept that I am thinking about and want to express, but I cherish discovery within the art-making process. I allow the image that is forming on the paper or canvas to diverge from my original intention if it is doing so in a way that opens up or enriches my original concept", explains Tuttle. She connects with her works as if it is a conversation between she and her subject. Sara takes time to step back and "listen" to where the piece is going and what shape it is going to take in the process.
There is a connection between all of her artwork because she uses what she learns from a previous piece and applies it to her next piece. Her three pieces in "Undiscovered." are a part of a body of work inspired by grand narratives. "I was primarily interested in how to represent both the ‘physical’ and the ‘spiritual’ realms and forces at once; how they are intertwined, equally present and weighty and how they move and act upon each other", says Sara. Sara is currently working on a new body of work, which explores her neighborhood, Church Hill.
Visit Gallery Flux today to see Sara Tuttle's work in our "Undiscovered." Show! Don't miss your chance to see this exhibition! The show ends this weekend!!
"Mosaic of Redemptive History I"
Acrylic on Paper
15 x 23 in
$ 650.00
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