Artworks by Sarah Teasdale

My artwork evolves in line with technology. I never stay in one place but I keep my eye trained on impending social developments.

I started a series of geometric abstract paintings in 2014 and I pulled visual imagery from our modern world- the digital age. Computers were ubiquitous. Pixels and code-like shapes began to appear in my paintings. My geometric abstract series is meant to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye and it is also meant to chronicle the digital age.

 
My latest works looks to the future- to the era after the digital one. Some people are calling this the Post Digital age. In this new era the digital device shrinks into the background, allowing the human soul to re-emerge. At present we live in a mid-digital world, one where digital technology has us in its transfixed grip. We rely on digital devices like laptops and smart phones to navigate our way through our daily lives.   
 

One day digital technology will not be our center of attention but will immerse itself into the background. It will still be there but not the center of our attention. This Post Digital world will be a technological and social revolution. It will be about taking a humanistic approach to problem solving. This new era will give us the capacity to explore new sensory experiences, and engage in a beautiful world that exists beyond the screen. Technology will allow for these new sensory experiences. In this new era nature will become more important and a sought after alternative to sitting in front of a screen.
 

Biography:

Born in Vancouver and raised in Seattle, Sarah Teasdale decided early on that the life of an artist was for her, inspired to start painting by a series of dreams that she had. She earned her BFA at the University of Washington, and in 2001, she held her first exhibition, at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery juried exhibition, receiving first place with her painting "Sea Dream." Creative by nature, she nevertheless works hard to practice her skills and research her subject matter poring over such topics as the Victorian era, medieval castles, technology, and nature.

Influenced heavily by technology, Sarah seeks through her work to illustrate the aesthetic sentiments of our modern world with acrylic paints, geometric shapes, complex layer, rich coloring, and explosive texture. Through her work, she looks closely at the line (sometimes fine, sometimes blurry) that stands between the digital world and the real world. Her work has elicited comparisons to pixelated video games, a compliment to her attempts at pointing out just how deeply technology and art inspire one another.

Sarah won "Best New Artist" from the Seattle Urban League in 1990, and in one of her most recent paintings, "Magical Forest," she touches upon the topic of a post-digital world, a topic that she hopes to delve into further in her work.