Sarah Canfield is an artist known for merging painting and digital photography to create works in multiple media that cross boundaries between photorealism and abstraction. Her paintings, collages, mixed media works, and wall hung sculptures have been exhibited in venues including the Montclair Art Museum, the Morris Museum, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, the Pennsylvania State Museum, and the Woodmere Art Museum. Canfield holds a BFA in painting, cum laude, from Alfred University. She is an instructor at the Montclair Art Museum and Union College in New Jersey. She has given guest lectures at Newark Academy, Caldwell University, and Pratt Institute and is the recipient of a 2022 Fellowship in Painting from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her art has been featured in the Quiet Lunch, ANTE Curatorial, and Art Spiel art blogs, as well as The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New York Times. She has a studio in Manufacturers Village in East Orange, New Jersey.
Can you describe your art in one sentence?
I create hybrid, futuristic environments that reverberate between reality and illusion.
Regeneration, pastel on paper, 30" x 47"
What inspired you to start creating art?
Creating art has been a way for me to see and understand the world around me. Sharing my work connects me with others in a meaningful way.
What’s your creative process like?
I merge abstract painting and photography techniques to create works in painting, pastel, mixed media, collage, and wall hung sculpture. I toggle back and forth between working with traditional art media in the studio and using digital photography and manipulation on the computer.
What’s one piece of advice you’d give to emerging artists?
Create art as consistently as possible and stick with it. Expect that it will not always be easy. Continuity allows a deeper connection with the work over time and it will grow and evolve along with you.
Where can people see your work and follow you?
I have a solo exhibition currently on view at the Brassworks Gallery, 105 Grove Street in Montclair through April 25th. Hours are 7AM-7PM M-F, or by appointment (email me at sarah.canfield@gmail.com)
Instagram: @sarahcanfieldart
Sarah Canfield
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