Featuring: Santa Fe Artist, Sara McKenzie, Abstract, Mixed Media Artist.

Progression in Retrograde 48 X 60 Acrylic, pastel and collage on canvas

Sara McKenzie
Abstract, Mixed Media Artist
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What Lies Beneath 36 X 30 Acrylic and pastel on wood panel

Navigating the Metropolis 40 X 30 Acrylic and collage on wood panel

Artist Statement: I’ve been in love with Santa Fe, NM, since I moved here in 2014. Originally from the midwest, and raised on both coasts, I returned to the plains states to study science in college and graduate school. Following my academic education, I spent more than 30 years happily in the northeast, living in a world of complicated, abstract concepts, experimental design and data analysis. At the same time, I always created with my hands and heart in addition to my head. Over the years, and using all manner of media (fabric, fiber, glass, paper, clay, paint) I’ve explored form and function, color and shape, representation and abstraction. 
My training in the scientific method was applied to the study of our external world. I use the same approach to create art in the study of my internal world. I have an idea, or pose a question, and, letting go of the outcome, I begin my process. Add a layer of paint, take some away. Apply medium for texture. Glue on paper or found objects. Layer by layer, adding and removing, obliterating and revealing, solving problems and creating a whole from disparate parts. Making something from nothing.
Finally, I see with my mind and my heart, what already exists and has only been waiting to be discovered.

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