Sara Jacobs Chambers has lived all over the world and the United States. Her artwork is influenced by the culture, sights and sounds of foreign places and various states. She began studying art and training as an artist seriously in 1995. Although she began as a watercolor artist, she found her true artistic breakthrough when she saw master artist William (Bill) Herring paint in pastels. "The direct application of glorious, saturated color in an unstudied manner is what really turns me on about pastels. I found I really knew what I was doing in pastels!" She is currently working in oil and mixed media, as well.
Award-winning artist Chambers paints in oil, pastel, and watermedia. Sara loves all subject matter, especially flowers and landscapes, animals, and people. Color and line are Sara's reasons for painting. She especially loves the juxtaposition of pure color possible in pastel painting. Her pastel paintings are direct, textural applications of color with a strong expressionist tendency, resulting in a sort of "magical realism."
Sara's paintings were exhibited at the Mill Atelier Gallery in Santa Fe in the summer of 2002 and in a solo exhibit at Art Divas Gallery in Taos in 2005. Her paintings have been exhibited in numerous national and international competitions, including the prestigious Salmagundi Club Nonmembers Show and the Sierra Pastel Society International. Selected honors include a purchase award in the Arts International Exhibition 2006, the Platinum Pastel Award at the Pastel Society of Oregon National Show, the Pastel Journal award at the Sierra Pastel Society International "Pastels on High" Exhibition, and having paintings published in the International Artist Magazine and in Romantic Homes Magazine. She earned signature membership in the Pastel Society of New Mexico and received an award at their 2003 National Show.
Sara and husband Joe have been the owners/directors of Mountain Majesty Workshops art school in Cloudcroft, New Mexico since 1995. The last several years were devoted exclusively to hosting master classes with William (Bill) Herring as the instructor. Recently, the art school included museum and painting tours in Europe through their QuestTrek excursions, including St. Petersburg, Russia, in May 2004 and to Vienna and Prague in June 2005, "On the Trail of Two Masters, Klimt and Mucha."
Sara is now a proud contributor to the Soldier Portraits Project for fallen members of the Armed Forces. See SoldierPortraits.com for details. Explore composition and the world of textural pastels by arranging a seminar with Sara. View her "art tips" on this website. Write for details or call 505-682-2462.
GALLERIES:
Atlanta, Georgia: Atlanta Art Gallery
Carmel, California: PaneEla Gallery of Fine Art
Blue Ridge, Georgia: High Country Art
Ruidoso, New Mexico: Studio W
Scottsdale, Arizona: Rive Gauche Galleries
Alamogordo, New Mexico: Copeland's Gallery (e-mail: vmcopeland@zianet.com)
Sara J. Chambers
P.O. Box 487
High Rolls, NM 88325
575-430-6148
sarajchambers@yahoo.com
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