Sarah Hartshorne came to painting after pursuing four earlier careers. She began her adult life as a classical cellist, playing chamber music, in symphony orchestras, and teaching in North, South, and Central America. She then developed an early learning Spanish Program and taught young children through schools and daycare centers as well as privately. Later she built a service business which she owned and operated for almost nine years. During that time Hartshorne returned to school and earned a Masters in Counseling. She worked in Mental Health, in a great variety of settings, for 12 years before turning to painting. She attended Studio Art classes at University of New Mexico, from 2003 to 2006. Her shows include The Birds & the Bees, Harwood Art Center, in March, 2007 and The Influence of Photography on Art, Group Show, MoRo Gallery in July, 2007. She received the Madonna Daniel Emerging Artist Award in 2007 (Harwood Art Center).

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" The focus of my work has been on capturing the unique in the ordinary, the beauty in the mundane. Like the impressionists, I paint from everyday life and the world around me. My goal is to share what I see. Content may be drawn from nature, or an interior landscape. It may even be completely manmade, but is painted with the play of light and shadow, and brought alive with color, that make the world a worthwhile place to be. The work is meant to ground the viewer in the concrete reality as well as the infinite possibility of the human environment. I paint in oils, on large canvases."