Sarah Whitecotton has been an artist for more than 40 years. She received her B.F.A at the University of Oklahoma where she won several commendations in painting. One of her award winning work is owned by the University Museum.
In the late 1950’s she spent a summer session in Oaxaca and Mexico City where she became strongly influenced by the Mexican muralists and Rufino Tamayo. Her later paintings show this influence with her use of rich earth colors and muted pinks and greens reminiscent of Tamayo’s work.
After she switched to painting with her left hand in the 1970’s because of an old injury to her right hand that never healed properly, her works became more detailed and patterned with many layers of paint. She also experimented with collage using found objects, various papers and torn pieces of discarded art work.
Whitecotton has been described as a narrative painter. She has a unique style and is influenced by the surroundings and environment in which she lives. The California figurative artists, the Impressionists, the Fauve school of art and the German Abstract Expressionism have also had significant influence in her development as a professional artist
Her book, Sarah Whitecotton- Acrylics, Watercolors, Mixed Media, 1996-2010, is available for viewing and purchase: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1386120?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget
sarahsart@bigplanet.com
www.sarahwhitecotton.com
Sarah Whitecotton exhibits at Giorgi Gallery from November 1st, 2011 to January 31st, 2012.
