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Local watercolor artist Sara Strozinsky is a native of California. Sara attended the College of San Mateo and California State University, Chico, where she studied art with an emphasis in drawing, printmaking and sculpture.  During her college years she was privileged to work  for noted California artist, Alexander Nepote. Later Travel took Sara to Colorado where she lived for six years and began to work with watercolors in earnest. While in Colorado she studied briefly at the University of Colorado in Boulder.  Sara now lives here in Baraboo with her husband, Michael, and their three children. Sara lives each day centered around family life and her painting.

The source of Sara’s work is most often nature.  Working from her own photography, she paints in a style of enlarged realism.  She attempts to create a powerful image by using drama and craftsmanship.  The drama is in the unique point of view, the contrasting lights and darks, and in her use of color.  Using non-traditional watercolor techniques, her colors are saturated, occasionally opaque and overstated.  Sara is drawn to plant life and rugged terrain; bodies of water and layers on the forest floor; bold rock formations and a fragile flower; the intricate tangled construction of a prairie or bird’s nest or forest glen. The aspects of light and shadow, the drama of contrast, and lush saturated color characterize her work.

The selected print for our spotlight is called Amber Morning. A beautiful framed print is for sale at the Cornerstone Gallery here in Downtown Baraboo.  You can also see more of Sara’s work on her website at www.sarastrozinskyart.com