Sara Maccullouch
Sara MacCulloch spent much of her childhood in the Nova Scotia landscape, and her painting practice has been shaped by an ongoing effort to recapture the feelings she carried from that time. Those specific places are gone, but others can produce the same sense of connection. When that happens, MacCulloch works quickly to hold it.
"I want to make permanent and solid that fleeting feeling of connection I have in a moment, in one particular place. I don't start with an exact idea of what the painting will be when I'm finished. All I know is what I want it to feel like, and I never really know how that will come about."
She paints with deliberation, committing to each brushstroke strategically, and completes most paintings in a single sitting. When a painting fails to resolve within a day or two, she scrapes it away and begins again. Intuitive, sensual brushwork and a creamy palette create a sense of immediacy and clarity. The resulting oil paintings on canvas distill an experience into a precise moment, and invite the viewer to enter and share it.
Sara MacCulloch studied painting at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She exhibits extensively throughout Canada and work is represented in various public and private collections including TD Bank, Mayo Clinic, Bank of Montreal, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, University of Toronto, University of Iowa, Department of Foreign Affairs, Royal Bank of Canada, and Gotlands Kunstmuseum, SE. She has also received numerous grants and awards including the Canada council for the Arts and the Brucebo Scholarship in Gotland, Sweden. She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario and is represented by Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, with two locations in New York, NY.