"Blue Aroid"
"Blue Aroid"
2024
Mixed-media embroidery by Sarah K. Benning from her March 2024 House Plants solo exhibition.
- 14" x 16"
- Unframed
- Canvas signed on back
- Made with acrylic paint, cotton embroidery floss, second-hand cotton yarn, and thrifted polyester yarn on stretched linen
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By Sarah K. Benning
Baltimore, MD
SHOP SARAH K. BENNING
Sarah is an embroidery and mixed media artist exploring the intricacies of plant-life through fanciful colors and tactile surface patterns. Blurring the lines between reality and imagination, Sarah's work is inspired by her living plant collection, vintage home gardening books, and public resources like plant conservatories and greenhouses.
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Working with both paint and fiber, she builds layers of color and texture by creating very precise paintings that are embellished with yarn and thread. Sarah received her BFA in 2013 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. For many years she straddled the line between Art and Craft, exhibiting original works as well as designing and producing over 100 do-it-yourself embroidery patterns, and completing commercial projects for companies such as The Washington Post and Oatly. Sarah currently works from her home studio in Baltimore City.
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