In each of us is a seed of wanderlust: a longing for a home to which we have not yet found the way. "These things – the beauty, the memory of our own past – ... are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not yet heard, news from a country we have never yet visited." 1
My work is narrative, and the viewer is invited into the story: I hope that each painting will become like a favorite book, which can be viewed and enjoyed repeatedly, each time revealing new details. I want viewers to catch a glimpse of a new place; to travel somewhere they've never been; to feel the light, smell the air, and feel connected, as if they were there themselves. I want the viewer to experience a new memory, to pine for this “secret we cannot hide and cannot tell, though we desire to do |
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September 2018
Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei Herbstrundgang is here again. Come visit me on September 8&9. I'll be in my open studio, showing some new work. Halle 17, 1.OG. Just follow the signs! |
June 2017 NEW WEB ADDRESS, NEW EMAIL I have changed to my full married name Sarah Joelle Busskamp. All links are updated to the new addresses. Thanks! Email: sarah.busskamp.art (@) gmail (.) com Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarah.busskamp.art Instagram: www.instagram.com/sarah.busskamp Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarah_busskamp |