Sarah Alexander
Essence of Movement
Sarah Alexander’s work transforms observation of the natural world into layered abstract compositions that explore movement, growth, and transformation. Rooted in an intuitive drawing practice, her work holds the tension between control and spontaneity, structure and fluidity.
Working with watercolor, ink, and steel, Alexander creates compositions that are both delicate and dynamic. Her pieces bridge close observation and abstraction, translating organic forms into expressive visual languages that feel at once personal and expansive.
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Selected Works
Work are a unique mixed media painting or drawing, often created with watercolor, ink, charcoal, and collage. Many pieces explore abstract, botanical, and landscape-inspired forms, with occasional sculptural works in steel. Click individual works for details or purchase.
Available works typically range from $1,500–$6,000.
About the Work
Alexander approaches her art with a focus on experimentation and materiality, often combining unexpected textures and surfaces to create compositions that feel both immediate and meticulously considered. Her paintings and drawings reveal a keen sensitivity to color, rhythm, and spatial relationships, with layered gestures that suggest natural phenomena without literal representation. Each piece emerges through a process of discovery, allowing the interaction of media—watercolor, ink, charcoal, and collage—to generate depth, nuance, and visual tension.
Beyond her two-dimensional works, Alexander’s sculptural pieces extend these explorations into physical space, employing steel and mixed media to investigate form, balance, and movement in three dimensions. Across all her work, she emphasizes the interplay between precision and improvisation, inviting viewers to engage with the dynamic relationships among line, texture, and surface, and to experience abstraction as both visceral and contemplative.
Biography
Sarah Alexander is a contemporary mixed-media artist whose work spans painting, drawing, and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited extensively in New England and internationally and is held in numerous private collections. She has been reviewed and featured in publications including the Boston Globe, Art New England and North Light Books. Alexander maintains an active studio and teaching practice in Massachusetts, encouraging experimentation, intuition, and the development of a personal visual language.
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