Sarah Thomas

I paint and draw to explore my inner world. The deeper I get, the more I find that there is more in there than just this little idea I have of myself. And I can see it; there is this record of the presence of something larger than myself when I make lines and colors on paper. I am attempting to get close to that mystery inside me. And I don’t think that’s any small thing. I think that is the most interesting thing about being alive. I can’t draw or paint without presence, so it is a record of a spiritual practice. Some artists talk about their work like it doesn’t really belong to them. Like it is something they caught as it was flying by. I resonate with that concept and find myself talking about this work like it doesn’t belong to me, and we are all looking at it with wonder and curiosity. As soon as I pretend that I have it all figured out, I am just making things up and covering it up with words. So it is challenging to write about my work. I don’t want to make up a bunch of stories about it. I think if a piece has spirit, it will go on and have a very interesting life of its own and travel around forever without ever saying a word. So that is what I attempt to do.