Artist Information:
Sarahbeth Purcell
Nashville, TN
United States
Member Since: Jul 2006
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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement
Sarahbeth Purcell
I have always questioned the
dichotomies of the human
condition, and especially self
destructive tendencies.
Through my art I enjoy
identifying, dissecting, and
exposing these tendencies, as
well as displaying the idea of
redemption in the beauty of
the lesson. The friction
between what, on the surface
appears innocent, cheerful and
simple versus the true meaning
and consequences associated
makes my work, when
successfully carried out,
thought provoking and
enlightening. It is light in
appearance and dark in
subject.
My work is shaped by so many
influences: being raised in
the music business from birth
around unsteady, often
unsavory, and sometimes
tragically self destructive
artists, by also being deemed
a young success story in my
own right, receiving a two
book deal with publishing
giant Simon and Schuster in my
early twenties, and being
affected personally by the
deaths people very close to me
who courted self destruction
to their ends, because it
seemed the only option to
them.
Painting on canvas, and
specifically painting flowers
often, has been my medium and
subject of choice for nearly
as long as I have begun a
physical version of expressing
art. I began painting with
oils at the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Local Color Gallery CURRENT
Januray 2008 Featured New
Artist
Edgehill Studios CURRENT
December 2007
Edgehill Studios, Nashville,
TN December 2006 - February
2007
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Artist Statement
Sarahbeth Purcell
I have always questioned the dichotomies of the human condition, and especially self destructive tendencies. Through my art I enjoy identifying, dissecting, and exposing these tendencies, as well as displaying the idea of redemption in the beauty of the lesson. The friction between what, on the surface appears innocent, cheerful and simple versus the true meaning and consequences associated makes my work, when successfully carried out, thought provoking and enlightening. It is light in appearance and dark in subject.
My work is shaped by so many influences: being raised in the music business from birth around unsteady, often unsavory, and sometimes tragically self destructive artists, by also being deemed a young success story in my own right, receiving a two book deal with publishing giant Simon and Schuster in my early twenties, and being affected personally by the deaths people very close to me who courted self destruction to their ends, because it seemed the only option to them.
Painting on canvas, and specifically painting flowers often, has been my medium and subject of choice for nearly as long as I have begun a physical version of expressing art. I began painting with oils at the ... |
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