Sarah Bolitzer

Fresh out of Oberlin, long ago, I proclaimed myself an artist and and illustrator in the city. My hometown knocked me on the tuchus. Hard.

Life went on and I became a teacher, almost an art teacher from Pratt, before becoming a wife and then a mother of three children in quick succession. Here I am, to my embarrassment, in the suburbs. I denied it for a while: "Oh no, it's like a village outside a small city. A neighborhood", but no, the suburbs is where I am. The children, as much as they inspire me, up until this point, left me no time to think or to immerse myself in the artistic process. With my two eldest now in school full time, and my youngest in school a little bit, my circumstance is changing fast and I find myself reinvigorated with ideas for new works.

As I introduced myself, when I was young I mainly thought of myself as an illustrator. My mediums were drawing and brush and ink. Mostly one frame illustrations of a single idea. I'd like to get back to that. It's what I find most satisfying. My illustrations tended to be political, or humorous, observations of life, etc.

In graduate school, began to explore collage. These seem to be more serious and psychological in nature.
As a mother, as much as I tried, I only had time to snap some pictures of the absurdity. It turned out that the results were popular among friends. I began to think that these images had more value than I intended. They are works abouts object out of/ or into context.

To sum up, my main categories of art are illustration and collage, with some very amateur photography in the mix. My subjects are political, psychological, life's foolishness idiosyncrasies, family, and yes... it's all pure baloney.

When you see these images of mine, these fluctuating parts of something that resembles art…I hope they make you squint and wonder. Tilt your head this way and that. If you come away feeling it’s not quite right but are vaguely amused…well, then you see me. And, I thank you.