Sarah Chapman
E-mail: sarahchapman.art@gmail.com
Born in the south of France, I studied Fine Arts in Aix en Provence. Citizen of the world, I taught elementary school in many countries and for many years. I started painting and taking photographs when I was about 12 and never stopped!
I am a Reiki Master Practitioner, and founder of Joyga Reiki. Joyga Reiki first opened in 2018 as“The Joy Reiki Institute” in Westport, Connecticut. Joyga Reiki offers CST sessions infused Reiki, Yoga and Yoga Nidra sessions in order to restore physical and emotional balance in the body.
I am also the proud Mother of 4 beautiful girls…. And Yes! With all that, believe it or not I still find the time to paint and create…
Art has always been part of my life; I love taking photographs, experimenting with new medium and techniques, refurbishing furniture, writing poetry… I just can’t live without Art, without colors. I strongly believe that, we are all artists creating daily a life that is worth living; every day we create relationship, we experiment making choices that sometimes we might regret (or not!), we take risks.
In fact, living, is quite similar to the process of creating a painting and the beautiful thing about it is that the outcome can always be changed as long as we enjoy the process and express/ discover a part of ourselves along the way, that’s what count.
Art has the power to make us see the things that surround us, the power to make us see what we have done and what could be done. It has the power to reflect our society, our history, our dreams, the seen and the unseen… But beyond all that Art, is a pure translation of what is felt, a way to communicate using our own personal language. I create because I feel, because I am alive and I want to share these feelings, I want to make people feel but also want them to become aware that all is already here in the world, we just need to look around us, inside us… No need to become anything or anyone but just take it all in.
Art and making space to create in our daily lives is an important part of our collective happiness, it is an outflow of energy that should be going out into the world.
Some might say that my Art is so diverse but isn’t everything in life about diversity and polarities! (hot/cold, stress/relaxation, night/day…) It is within this Duality that Union is found. What is Art? if not a pure translation of what is felt, a way to communicate using our own personal language. We all go through stages in life; sometimes it is colorful and layered, other time it is clean and almost a feeling of emptiness is felt.
A picture is like a scream we don't really hear, however it can be so loud that everyone can feel.
I am also the founder and active participant of the JoYga Project, a project dear to my heart. A project that aims to help people living on the street and fight indifference.
SHOWS
“Movement- Community Art Show”, January 26th- March 17th 2018, Bruce Kreshner Gallery, Fairfield, CT showing “L’Elan Vital: Mouvement de la Vie”, 2017, Acrylic, pastel and ink on canvas, 40” by 40”
“Rowayton Arts Center”, February- March 2018, Rowayton, CT showing “On the Road #13” , 2015, Marker, acrylic, charcoal on canvas, 40”by 30”
Frabjous Show, 12 th Annual Group Art Exhibition, September 7th- Oct. 25th 2018, 60th and Columbus (9th Av.), NYC showing “Meditative Mind #4” acrylic and ink on wood, 12” by 16”and “Meditative Art in the style of Frabjous”,20” by 26, 2018
Bruce Kreshner Gallery, Fairfield, CT from 10/17 to 1/2/2019 , 3 artists exhibit, “Colors”