Pretty pleeeease!
Artist Sarah Detweiler at MackeyBlue
05
May
Slide over and savor Sarah Detweiler this May at MackeyBlue!
Twelve paintings by Sarah are On Display. Stop in, take her tour and go home with your favorite! as pieces sell, new ones will be added, so stop back again to see what’s new!
MackeyBlue is Hosting: “Meet The Artist”
Meet Sarah in Person: This Friday, May 9th from 6pm - 8pm
Artist’s Statement:
My art is inspired by my emotions and my own life experience and perceptions. I am also always trying to change my perspective of life which is why my style often changes. My mood drives me more than anything. Many of my paintings provide a new experience each time they are viewed. I want people to have a relationship with my paintings whether it be a fling or an affair.
My process is aggressive and impatient in the beginning and precise and detail-oriented in the end. When I get an idea, I want to put it down right away and therefore I usually head straight to the canvas without preliminary sketches. My paintings are also known to change drastically from the beginning to the end, and often there are two or three complete paintings under the final product.
I believe that those who appreciate my art are driven by an emotion in which they can relate. My paintings are never straight to the point and I think that the viewer appreciates being part of the process of interpreting my message.
See her bio and contact information after the jump…
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Artist’s Bio and Contact Info:
Sarah Detweiler
Hoboken, NJ
201.344.7652
www.sarahdetweiler.com
www.rubyhands.com
Education: University of Delaware, Bachelor of Fine Arts 2001
Muse: the human form and inspired shapes of fiction
Personal Statement: Painting is the mixing together of what I know with who I am, and always growing closer to the artist I will be remembered for. My paintings reveal the very sentiment that I feel at that very moment. Creating art offers my emotions to life. It is my catharsis…
Influences: Dreams, poetry, the Beatles’ psychedelic period, the Rorschach inkblot test, Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Asian culture & design, Egon Schiele, Shel Silverstein, human nature
“Life may imitate art, or art may imitate life, but one can not exist without the other.”
—Sarah Detweiler
MackeyBlue is located on 12th street between Washington and Bloomfield.
Regular Hours:
- Wednesday 6:00pm - 9:00pm
- Friday 12:00pm - 8:00pm
- Saturday 10:00am - 7:00pm
- Sunday 12:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Easy-E | May 5th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Very nice work. Wouldn’t mind seeing more postings about local artists…
2. miguelsmith80 | May 6th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Thanks to Sarah for breathing fresh life into Hoboken’s cultural landscape. One real downside of our ‘yuppie’ invasion is too many bankers and too few creative individuals. Support our artists and musicians & help keep this town vibrant.
3. matt_72 | May 6th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
miguelsmith80 wrote:
Huh? First of all, she has been around for a while (though I didn’t see her stuff at this year’s festival) so she isn’t at all breathing “fresh life” into Hoboken. Second of all, who do you think buys her art? It certainly isn’t the homeless dudes that hang out down at the shelter. If it weren’t for the yuppies that buy her art (which is very good), she couldn’t afford to pursue per career as an artist.
4. miguelsmith80 | May 6th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Yikes nevermind then.
5. Easy-E | May 6th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
matt_72 wrote:
Don’t be so sensitive.
I am pretty confident he was just trying to express a desire for more diversity in the residents. I tend to agree, but I am entitled to my own opinion.
Buying art doesn’t make you creative, though it’s nice that you have an appreciation for it. Especially if you are buying it because you love it in spite of the fact that it won’t go with your couch.
6. matt_72 | May 6th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Not sensitive, but he was absolutely off on his post.
7. miguelsmith80 | May 6th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I’ve reconsidered my original post and must say that I agree with myself. An artist can certainly continue to breath fresh life into a community over the course of time. And I don’t mean that yuppies are some kind of plague. I mean that a high percentage of young urban professionals such as myself majored in business/accounting/marketing rather than fine arts/ design. Sarah’s been in town a while now, but she is part of a small and shrinking group of Hoboken artists.
8. matt_72 | May 6th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
miguelsmith80 wrote:
No - you have reinterpreted what you said to fit the facts (which you didn’t know when you first made your post).
9. miguelsmith80 | May 6th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
duh I went to college with Sarah I’m well aware of the facts. Why keep fighting when we’re routing for the same team?
10. matt_72 | May 6th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
When people start mouthing off on “yuppies” & “condo-dwellers”, it sets my teeth on edge. It is like some folks think the “good old days” when Hoboken was pretty much a rundown slum was a good time. They forget that the money the the “yuppies” bring into town supports the local businesses & the spending of city hall (not refering you you on this particular rant).
11. miguelsmith80 | May 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
yeah I’m with you. I use ‘yuppie’ as short for young urban professional, deragatory connotation applicable only if assumed so by the reader.
12. moproteus | May 6th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I am not a yuppie and I buy art and spend money in town. Who says only yuppies make the world go round. I don’t think anybody has a problem with them spending money but perhaps the attitude some of them might have toward other people not in yuppie positions in life is what turns people off toward them. They aren’t the only people to make up society.
13. curlygirl | May 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I stopped into MackeyBlue to check out Sarah’s art today. Her art is amazing….such a broad range of talent. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re missing out! Her latest piece: ‘Nouveau Nude’ is fabulous. BTW to one of the previous posters: Sarah was at the festival…selling her art in a different form on her silk screen t-shirts….very cool.