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Sarah Renzi Sanders is a contemporary surreal artist born in Washington D.C. Sarah’s work is deeply tied to her meditation practice, rediscovering her childhood, and her experience as a mother. Her paintings display the artist’s fascination with the mysteries of the mind, subconscious, and imagination. Sarah explores various identities in her experience as both a young girl and a mother in her large surreal paintings. Often in her work, she feels exposed, a sense of intimacy she hopes translates to the viewer. Her paintings conjure a complex feeling of nostalgia through an excavation of memories, sometimes placing objects from childhood in her paintings as artifacts of previous versions of herself. Her color palette includes bright pastels juxtaposed with earth tones, black, and white. Using layers of watered-down acrylic, Sanders creates the perception of some hidden part of the mind through a series of symbols. The third eye and masks are repeated as symbols of revealing and hiding authenticity, and textural elements such as cracks to express feelings of breakthrough and brokenness. The artist also uses embroidery floss to stitch details directly on the canvas. The works address the artist's personal struggle with mental health and anxiety, as well as the masks one is conditioned to wear to hide these. Her art is a form of storytelling, allowing Sarah to tell the truth from her perspective. She intends to connect with the viewer through sharing her vulnerability and give hope to those who may be struggling through the discovery of the buried parts of one's self. Over the past 4 years, her work has been featured on Artsy, in online exhibitions, and in juried exhibitions in the Washington D.C. metro area. Sarah lives in Kensington, Maryland with her husband and three children.
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