Portrait Landscapes

by

Sara Adlerstein

July 20 - September 3 2022

Opening Reception

Friday, July 29 7-9 pm

Artist Statement:

“The landscapes in this exhibit, created over two years, represent my

perceptions of Nature and incorporate personal stories; they are about how I

see, not what I see. I intuitively conceived these landscapes as portraits, the way

we represent people, with a sense of our human connection to another. After

all, Nature is not outside of ourselves: we are Nature. On the other hand, the

landscape genre is a human conception, constructed of our emotions and

aspirations, built from necessity, desires, invention and imagination.

I hope you experience the layers of Nature/human relationships in these

landscapes. I invite you to explore intricacies of the scenes in front of your eyes

and connect with emotion as you see new things that evoke your personal

memories, a sense of something to which you belong.” — Sara Adlerstein