My general arts practice primarily involves graphite and charcoal drawing, as well as acrylic painting. The themes I explore in my art centre around storytelling, weaving tales of identity and belonging, aiming to reflect parts of myself and my audience through the stories I create. I often create characters within these stories, in recent months delving into the visual design of characters, using them as vessels through which to explore these themes.
Wolf in Deer's Clothing
Acrylic paint on canvas 60x90cm A mother in a flowing dress with large antlers stands in an expanse of green leaves. She holds her daughter in a wolf hoodie with her red hair bleached blonde obscuring her face.
The Mask and the Mirror
Acrylic paint on mirror, cardboard, ribbon A wolf mask is painting on a mirror at the eye level of the artist. Grey antlers protrude above the mirror with red ribbon draped over them. The border of the mirror is black and dark red.
Cland
Charcoal and soft pastel on paper, Tasmanian oak, meranti, cotton twine 2x A1 Two charcoal drawings depicting the daughter with another figure. One shows the daughter as a child, sitting surrounded by a deer whose head has been reduced to a fleshless skull. The other shows the daughter as an adult, hugging a black wolf. Both drawings are framed at the top and bottom by a strip of wood.
Installation view 1
Installation view 2
Wolf in Deers Clothing, Installation view 1
The Mask and the Mirror, Installation view 1
Sara Gilbert, Wolf in Deer's Clothing
Sara Gilbert, The Mask and the Mirror
Sara Gilbert, Cland
Sara Gilbert, Installation view 1
Sara Gilbert, Installation view 2
Sara Gilbert, Wolf in Deers Clothing, Installation view 1
Sara Gilbert, The Mask and the Mirror, Installation view 1
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