Sarah Sterling – Cultivated Chaos
Archival pigment prints. 13” x 19”, edition of 10, $350, framed, add $75.
17”x22”, edition of 10, $425, framed, add $75 Inquire for other print sizes and pricing
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Artist Statement: I have been photographing images from the natural world ever since I got my first camera. I seek out unusual compositions and color combinations, abstracting the formal image into something that suits my painterly vision. I look for those ephemeral moments of exuberance and reflection and invite the viewer into unseen mysteries.
These images document the ongoing evolution in my Hudson NY garden. Its many metamorphoses through the seasons, along with the avian and insect visitors, have been a constant source of inspiration and pleasure in the fleeting instant captured. No matter how careful the planning, the plants take on their own agenda creating the cheerful chaos that becomes the foreground, or background, of these images.
Most are shot using a telephoto lens, which enables me to be a silent observer of the ongoing action without being a distraction.
Junco Flying by Sarah Sterling
Junco on Orange Pole by Sarah Sterling
Poppy Head by Sarah Sterling
Goldfinch and Sambuca by Sarah Sterling
Goldfinch and Redbud by Sarah Sterling
Praying Mantis and Clematis by Sarah Sterling
Datura and Bugs by Sarah Sterling
Bee and Sedum by Sarah Sterling
Datura and Fly by Sarah Sterling
Lily and Giant Swallowtail 1 by Sarah Sterling
Lily and Giant Swallowtail 2 by Sarah Sterling
Lily and Giant Swallowtail 3 by Sarah Sterling
Skipper and Sunflower by Sarah Sterling
Hummingbird and Flowers by Sarah Sterling
Goldfinch and Echinacea by Sarah Sterling
Sparrow and Sunflowers by Sarah Sterling
Female Goldfinch and Sunflower
Catbird and Maple Tree by Sarah Sterling
2018 Davis Orton “Cultivated Chaos”, solo exhibition
Spencertown Academy Members Show
2017 Spencertown Academy “Awakening” juried photography show
Spencertown Academy Members Show
2016 Earle Mitchell Gallery Hudson NY
Davis Orton Gallery Juried Show
2015 Fur.Fin.Feathers Spencertown Academy
18th Annual Juried Art Show Hudson NY
CCCA – Autos, Trees and Skies / Hudson Library – Best of Hudson
2013 Experience Mud Creek – First Place winner, Ghent NY
Art Meets Art – Through the Lens, Hudson Library / CCCA “Fugary”
2012 Biodiversity Cornell Coop and CGC College, Animal Art – CCCA
2012 CUT I and CUT II Hudson NY / Open Book, Hudson NY
2011 Photography in the Landscape, Columbia Land Conservancy juried show
2010 Woodland Style Berkshire Museum
2008 Artscape Hudson NY
2007 Hudson Opera House, group show, Hudson NY
2006 Unknown Olana, and Bali and Borobudur John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY
2005 Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Show
2004 Artswalk – Pocketbook factory show Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Show
Studio 18 Gallery “Counter poise” group show NYC
2003 North Pointe Gallery “Tropical Landscapes”, Kinderhook NY
Richard Sena Gallery “Resilience” group show Hudson NY
Time and Space, “Winter Landscapes”, Hudson NY (John Davis Curator)
Erotic Readings, Hudson River Theater
2002 Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Show
Erotic Readings, Hudson River Theater – Seeing South Bay, Hudson Opera House
2001 Gray” video shown at Fences Show, Troy NY and at Film Columbia, Chatham NY
Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Show, honorable mention photography
2000 Jernigan Wicker, San Francisco group show
Davis and Hall, Hudson NY
Fall Solo Show – Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Show
1999 Mixed Media Galleries ,New Palz NY, Winter Show
1998 Jernigan Wicker, group show San Francisco, CA
1997 Art Plantation, Hawaii, Solo show of Flower Abstracts
1996 Golden Light Awards, Maine Photographic Workshops, Color 2nd Place
1995 Art in Perpetuity, Nyorican Cafe, NYC
1991 Jurors Award, NYU Small Works show, NYC
PROJECTS
- Arrested Motion – train views The Meadow – ongoing photo essay
- Flower/Garden Abstract Series, New York, Florida, Hawaii, Bali
- Photojournalism projects on the Innu Tribe, Quebec and Labrador
- Birds, Dragonflies, Insects,Shadows