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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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Exhibitions for Sarahbeth Purcell:
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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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