Artist in the Spotlight - Sara Gondwe

“Art for me is a process of experimentation, discovery, design and color.  My goal is to create art that is inspiring and a delight to the eye of the viewer.  I create with a Mixed Media genre new to the Art World, i.e., using melted crayons and fabric paint.  Shaving crayons onto a canvas,  a household iron is used to melt, combine and shape the colors in a pleasing way.   The side of the iron and the pointed end of the paint tube become my brush.  Bright colors, a 3-D effect, action, texture and a lot of passionate fun culminate in a work of art”.

Gondwe, a self-taught artist, gets in touch with her heart and with Nature to create beautiful art.  Trees, mountains, and sky are her themes.  As an abstract artist, imagination leads her to paint underwater caverns, a conference of fishes, dragons, zebra trees or imaginary insects.  "The March of the Dancing Zebra Trees" won Best in Show at the Fluvanna County Annual Art Show in 2015.  The judge said its merit was in the artist's unique style of painting.  In 2018, "The Healing Tree" earned the Artist Choice Award at the annual show of the Page Valley Arts Council in Luray.