Sara Scribner

The intriguing and thought-provoking works of Sara Scribner present a basic truth of human existence—everything is always in flux. As a child, Scribner learned that “nothing is ever set in stone . . . and the course of your life can change at any moment.” She portrays this sentiment masterfully in her portraits rendered in oil paint on canvas. Simultaneously haunting and engrossing, Scribner’s creations superimpose layers of movement; normally crisp features such as an eye or a chin trail across the composition imparting a sense of constant motion. Warm flesh tones blur into each other, heightening the impression of the subject’s activity. Through these works, Scribner conveys a potent and paradoxically affirming message to the viewer: “life,” she declares, “is unstable and unpredictable; change, movement, and loss are necessary and integral parts of the human experience.”