Sarah Teasdale

Born in Vancouver and raised in Seattle, Sarah Teasdale decided early on that the life of an artist was for her, inspired to start painting by a series of dreams that she had. She earned her BFA at the University of Washington, and in 2001, she held her first exhibition, at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery juried exhibition, receiving first place with her painting "Sea Dream." Creative by nature, she nevertheless works hard to practice her skills and research her subject matter poring over such topics as the Victorian era, medieval castles, technology, and nature.

Influenced heavily by technology, Sarah seeks through her work to illustrate the aesthetic sentiments of our modern world with acrylic paints, geometric shapes, complex layer, rich coloring, and explosive texture. Through her work, she looks closely at the line (sometimes fine, sometimes blurry) that stands between the digital world and the real world. Her work has elicited comparisons to pixelated video games, a compliment to her attempts at pointing out just how deeply technology and art inspire one another.

Sarah won "Best New Artist" from the Seattle Urban League in 1990, and in one of her most recent paintings, "Magical Forest," she touches upon the topic of a post-digital world, a topic that she hopes to delve into further in her work.