Sarah Jane Conklin Artist Statement Canada’s romantic landscape and wild beauty has inspired me for over 20 years. Our diverse forests, meandering brooks, waterfalls and change of season provide endless inspiration to me. These elements of nature in a kaleidoscopic environment are my primary interest. Motion and mystique are created through deliberate entanglements of brushstrokes, rich colour contrast, the chance effect of impasto, and the innate luminosity of oil paint. Painting alla prima allows every painting to exude it’s own energy and excitement. I want viewers to escape, even for a brief moment, into my romantic world. Artist Biography Sarah Jane has pursued her artistic interest since 1995. Mostly self-taught, she has been inspired by the scenic communities where she has lived which include Gloucester, MA; Sackville, NB; her birthplace St. John’s NL and her current home in Fall River, NS. She has successfully exhibited in galleries across Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.