Self Portrait with Left Turn, detail, 2006 by Sarah Atlee

Sarah Atlee makes pictures. These pictures have been exhibited in venues across the United States, including New York City, Santa Fe, Phoenix, Kansas City, and Oklahoma City. Her work has been published in the Society of Illustrators Annual 51, Nimrod Literary Journal, and two self-published volumes.

Atlee is a member of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, the Oklahoma Art Guild, the Society of Illustrators (NYC), and the Society of Illustrators West.

Atlee moved to Oklahoma in 2006, and can be found most days at the Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative in downtown OKC. She can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. Her next solo show, Occupied: Oklahomans Talk About their Jobs will be on display at aka gallery in May 2011.

Sarah Atlee can make pictures for you, too. To inquire about commissioning a portrait use the Contact form to get in touch.

Download Sarah Atlee’s resume and portfolio.

Artist Statement

I make pictures because I love pictures. I am entranced with the entire history of images – a vast trove of information encoded as line, shape, and color.

I paint faces, ranging in style from detailed realism to abstracted masks. I enjoy drawing upon the history of religious iconography and mixing it with a generous dose of 21st century illustration. I am currently engaged in material exploration of painterly atmosphere, while retaining the graphic flavor and observational discipline of my earlier work.

Influences

Botticelli, Raphael, Giulio Romano, Durer, Cranach, and Utamaro
Norman Rockwell, J. C. Leyendecker, Rick Griffin, and Frank Frazetta
August Sander, Mike Disfarmer, and Sally Mann
Joe Sorren, Jeff Soto, Julie Speed, and James Jean