More About Artist Reception: Sarah Dobkin - Ashland Public Library
We're excited to meet artist Sarah Dobkin to discuss her art, so wonderfully displayed in our gallery! We hope you can join us to enjoy the art, ask your questions, and chat with other art enthusiasts.
“Bending the Mind’s Eye”
Paintings by Sarah Dobkin
February 29-March 30, 2024
About the artist:
Holliston artist Sarah Dobkin, originally from western New York, studied art at Brandeis (BFA) & Pratt (MFA), in early 2000s. She has exhibited her paintings in galleries on the East coast, and in Boston and Metro West. Sarah has traveled widely, including Europe, Islands in South America, Israel, India, and more. She has called the greater Boston area her home since 2007. Her studio is in the Holliston Mills Artist complex. Most days you can find her in the studio painting, drawing, or with my family who are a source of inspiration as well as a constant reminder to live in the moment.
Sarah says of her work:
“All that I see, hear, and touch find its way into the images you see before you. Through an unapologetic devotion to abstraction, using shape, color, and texture, a conversation begins to form. From brushstrokes to glazed surfaces elements interact on the painted surface.
Drawing is also elementary, it helps to isolate concepts and join disparate ideas and bring them into being. I have always felt that the act of drawing and painting is a bridge that connects the artist to the word at large.
I love building tension by carving out forms from negative space or abutting a curved line against a rigid wall. Layers of color, bold or translucent emerge and interact like characters in a play transfixed in time and space. What inspires me most is seeing color fill space as it becomes vibrant, as if light spilled into a room, forever changing the mood.”
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“Bending the Mind’s Eye”
Paintings by Sarah Dobkin
February 29-March 30, 2024
About the artist:
Holliston artist Sarah Dobkin, originally from western New York, studied art at Brandeis (BFA) & Pratt (MFA), in early 2000s. She has exhibited her paintings in galleries on the East coast, and in Boston and Metro West. Sarah has traveled widely, including Europe, Islands in South America, Israel, India, and more. She has called the greater Boston area her home since 2007. Her studio is in the Holliston Mills Artist complex. Most days you can find her in the studio painting, drawing, or with my family who are a source of inspiration as well as a constant reminder to live in the moment.
Sarah says of her work:
“All that I see, hear, and touch find its way into the images you see before you. Through an unapologetic devotion to abstraction, using shape, color, and texture, a conversation begins to form. From brushstrokes to glazed surfaces elements interact on the painted surface.
Drawing is also elementary, it helps to isolate concepts and join disparate ideas and bring them into being. I have always felt that the act of drawing and painting is a bridge that connects the artist to the word at large.
I love building tension by carving out forms from negative space or abutting a curved line against a rigid wall. Layers of color, bold or translucent emerge and interact like characters in a play transfixed in time and space. What inspires me most is seeing color fill space as it becomes vibrant, as if light spilled into a room, forever changing the mood.”
No registration needed, just walk on in!
Date & Time
March 30, 2024
1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Ashland Public Library
101 Main Street
Ashland, MA 01721
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