Sara Sisun

Toffee Rose, Oil Painting

2025

Artist Comments
A toffee-colored rose sits in a fishbowl. The mirror beneath reflects and enhances the vibrancy of the composition. Artist Sara Sisun drew inspiration from an unusually colored flower she found at a local shop. Its warm brownish-pink hue stood out as a striking subject and offered her an exciting challenge to capture in paint. She built up rich surface textures using experimental techniques with a palette knife and razor blades.

About the Artist
Artist Sara Sisun interprets timeless themes into contemporary compositions. Her works often explore subjects as memento mori, the female body, and historical motifs. “I believe strongly in the need for people to make and share images as a form of empathetic connection and continuity,” says Sara. Encouraged by her mother, who regularly took her to museums, Sara began her artistic journey at a young age. She fell in love with painting at age six after stepping into the Art Students League of Denver and feeling instantly at home. At twenty-one, she completed her MFA and furthered her studies in Art History, focusing on the Early Modern period. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Sara paints in a small studio in her bedroom, where she can hear a nearby creek outside her window. When not making art, Sara spends time reading, rock climbing, and teaching at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

Words that describe this painting: flower, rose, peaceful, simple, gold, painterly , impressionism, oil painting, beige

Toffee Rose
Sara Sisun
Oil painting on stretched linen
Natural wood edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2025
10 in. h x 10 in. w x 1.5 in. d
0 lbs. 5 oz.