Sarah Burns is an oil painter living in Ashland, OR with her husband Tom and daughter Adara. She enjoys figurative, landscape, still life and portrait work.

Artists Statement:

"The subject matter that I am interested in is representational; good representational art must work abstractly and conceptually which poses opportunities and challenges.

I believe in working hard, striving to be thorough and accurate and yet catch what is fleeting and lively. Hopefully, if I can catch the spark of life, my paintings and drawing can elicit feelings of empathy for the complicated and simple and beautiful and sad and interesting world of humankind.

It is important to create things that last. I think at its core, humanity remains the same over any amount of time and we can really understand this when we relate to and understand history, art, literature, architecture. I aim to connect with people of today and tomorrow and yesterday by choosing subjects that are both universal and specific, by choosing good quality materials and in always seeking to be more skillful, learning from artists that came before."