Sarah Barnhart Fields

I work to reach that magic place I knew as a child, where “reality” disappears, and all things are possible.My work is a way of finding out who I am. To quote Kurt Vonnegut “I make art to experience becoming – to find out what’s inside me – to make my soul grow.” Each piece tells me more about myself. It’s a more honest statement about who I am and my relationship to the world than I can make in any other way. Whether I’m working with paint, pencil or found materials I push the envelope, look for the bigger picture or the smaller picture, renewal or death. Currently all my work is with cardboard which I find in the alleys of Chicago. Being an artist for me is a process of lifelong learning, you are never done. Each piece is perpetual renewal; it is always for the first time.