Sarah Wolfe

This series of work by both artists springs from their recent On-Ramp collaboration, a program funded by the IAC for artists in Indiana.
Robinson writes that the pieces in These Roads Don't Move are a representation of the evolving nature of her work. The series was conceived at a moment when she sought to focus on control, structure, and the harmonious relationships between colors. As a self-taught maker, Robinson allows herself the freedom to explore various mediums and styles: abstraction, portraiture, sculpture, and textile work.
Wolfe also characterizes her work for this exhibition as exploratory and flights of freedom from the many duties they both juggle as wives, mothers and working artists. While she agrees that the two bodies of her work for this show may seem disparate, the abstract floral pieces are “a joyous, freeing exploration of color and textures gleaned from the outside world. The anatomical works are simply the inverse--an examination of our potentially gloriously interesting innards.”

On-Ramp Group Exhibition at the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana

Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana
212 Main St.
Evansville, IN 47708
812-303-3178

https://www.artswin.org/2022/08/explore-the-new-on-ramp-exhibit-online/

The newest ARTSWIN exhibit is a collaborative show curated by four artists who went through entrepreneurial training with the Indiana Arts Commission.

Southwest Indiana artists Joshua Bronaugh, Christina Robinson, Sarah Wolfe, and Zak Will have 40 entries on display in the Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery.

The exhibit is up until Aug. 26. A reception and concert are scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. Buck Rogers Clark will be performing On The Roof from 6-8 p.m. The concert and reception are free to attend and open to all ages. There will be a cash-only bar. 

Notes from “Saying What No One is Thinking”, The Open Gallery, Vincennes, Indiana. Summer of 2021.

Artist Sarah Wolfe gleans color and texture from the natural world to address reproductive frailty and environmental anxiety. Her current exploration in botanical and floral abstractions in the show, "Saying What No One is Thinking" is an effort to catch a glimpse of our natural world from a near childish perspective. These works are created with a deliberate spontaneity and emphasis on color, texture and form. The circumstances of 2020 called for a detour from other works. While her anatomical hearts and sculptural pieces will remain on her continuum, these paintings are a specific response to feeling separate from the outer world and reflect a desire to focus only on the "fun parts" of painting for her. Eliminating all form and tedium allowed for pure, colorful expression. Using only a palette knife avoided the irritation of washing brushes and the constant worry of any working mother--that she would be interrupted with a wet brush in hand.

As is often the case with abstract works, the human eye will insist on finding a form, shape or texture it can relate to and understand. The viewer is at liberty to see what they like, where they like. However, none of these painted works have any representational intent or purpose. They are merely paint on canvas and composed with as much joy and abandonment as possible. As the viewer, you have complete permission to interpret what is in front of you. These pieces have been described as "erotic piles of laundry", "alien transmissions" and "a childhood memory of laying down in a flower patch at dusk". While her various mediums may seem disparate, the theme remains the same: to glean and interpret color and texture from the external world, and attempt to make sense of the artist's own (internal) reproductive failings and (external) environmental anxieties.