Sarah Trundle Art

STATEMENT

Sarah Trundle is a Charlottesville, Va. painter who, after beginnings in representational art, now works primarily in abstraction.

Her unique and many-layered paintings range from bold, geometric, brightly colored, abstracts, to monochromatic minimalist neutrals. The two seemingly disparate styles evidence the relationship between order and chaos that fuels her process.

Her work is an exploration of the interdependence of these seemingly opposite concepts. Rarely working in a serial way, her paintings represent a unique end result of a constantly shifting and evolving process, each evidencing a different stopping point or a different path taken along the journey. Her approach is one of obscuring and re-defining, of complicating and consolidating, of taking risks to see what surprises emerge to inform each subsequent step, and eventually lead to the final balance that completes the painting.

She sees this struggle and process that goes into each painting as an integral part of the finished product, She thus strives to give the viewer a window into this struggle, by leaving remnants of early marks and layers, shifted lines and shapes, indecision and risks, all still visible.

Sarah is represented by several galleries nationwide and is honored to have her work in private and public collections internationally.

Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Dartmouth College and a Masters Degree in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She started her career as a full time artist after having worked many years as a mental health therapist (who always dabbled in art).

EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS

Art Shows:
May 2014, Group Show with Blue Ridge Art Guild, King Family Vineyards, Charlottesville, Va
December, 2014, Group Show with Blue Ridge Art Guild, Java Java Café, Charlottesville, Va
August 2015, Group Show with Blue Ridge Art Guild, The Art Box, Crozet, Va.
December 2015, Group Show with Blue Ridge Art Guild, Greenhouse Coffee, Crozet, Va.
May 2016, Solo Show, Top Knot Studio, Charlottesville, Va.
May 2016, Group Exhibit, Charlottesville Design House, Charlottesville, Va.
June 2016, Group Show with Blue Ridge Art Guild, Grace Estates Vineyard, Whitehall, Va.
November 2016, Juried Show, Art Works Gallery, Richmond, Va
March 2017, Solo Show, Leftover Luxuries Home Furnishings and Décor, Charlottesville, Va.
May - Sept 2017, Exhibit at The Rumjahn Gallery, Evansville, IN
January- December 2018, Exhibit at The Center For Plastic Surgery, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, Va
January- November 2018, Exhibit at The Collective, Art and Home Furnishing Boutique, Dallas, TX
April 2018, Group Show, The Design House, Charlottesville, Va
May 2018, Solo Show, Mudhouse Coffee, Charlottesville Va.
August 2018, Duo Show with Duane Cregger, Artist, at Palette Home, Richmond, Va
October 2018, Solo Show, The Garage, Charlottesville, Va
October 2018, Juried Group Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Va
November 2018, Juried Group Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Va
January- December 2019, Group Show, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
March 2019, Juried Group Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
November 2019 Juried Group Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
April 2020, Group Show, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA.
April 2020, Norfolk Academy Juried Art Show
October 2020, Group Show, The Art Salon Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
April 2021, Norfolk Academy Juried Art Show
April-May 2021 Art Show, Palette Home, Richmond, Va.
October 2021, Group Show, The Art Salon Charlotte, Charlotte NC
October 2021, Juried Show, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Va

EDUCATION

1991, BA, Psychology, Dartmouth College
1994 Masters In Social Work (MSW), Virginia Commonwealth University

AWARDS

Second Place, Juried All Media Show, Crossroads Art Center, March, 2019
First Place, Juried All Media Show, Crossroads Art Center, November 2019

TAGS

large art, abstract art, geometric art, colorful art, black and white art, virginia painter, bold art, unique art,