A native of southwestern Indiana, Sarah Wolfe has lived and studied in Savannah, GA (Savannah College of Art and Design), Bellingham, Washington, and Bloomington, Indiana. A former restaurant owner (Farmer's Daughter Bakery and Cafe in Princeton, In), she has also taught private art and cooking classes.
She has exhibited her artwork in Washington, California, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. She is a member of the 2021 On-Ramp Art Cohort of the Arts Council of Indiana. She is a contributing writer to the local magazine, "Life On the Wabash". When she's not covered in paint, dirt or bread dough she is tending to her family, dogs and garden. She serves on her local Historic Review Board and advises the First City Public Sculpture Committee. She volunteers with the Wabash Valley Progressives, local event planners and other social organizations.
Notes from “Opusilva:Woodland Works,” Shircliff Gallery, campus of Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana.
Opusilva is a portmanteau of two Latin words: opus, meaning work, and silva, meaning woodland. This show is an invitation to step back outside and hold your own hand as you reconnect to your past outdoor experiences. Composed of both freestanding and wall-mounted scuptures, these pieces are a collection of natural and recycled materials pieced together in surprising and often unexpected collisions of textures, lines and movement. Handicraft traditions like basket weaving and cordage interplay with forms made from cardboard and paper mache. Magnifying glasses offer a glimpse into small interiors filled with found bumble bees, salt, seeds, quail eggs and flower petals.