Sarah Ernst

Free Problems, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2017

This piece from my childhood fear series features characters from fairy tales and scary stories who act as a screen from the dangers that may be past them in the woods. In my childho...

War Mongers the start of my stenciling art career. This was a piece of wood that was spray painted accidentally from a sign we were painting red, it looked like the inverted Japanese...

I love to wonder as deeply as they do in play. The world comes alive with the possibilities that you put out there. In my children’s play, one will announce a reality; “we are fl...

This piece is from my adult fear series in which I mine cultural iconography for things that can be signifiers for what we fear as adults. Adult fear eludes the personification that ...

John Randall Nelson’s paintings are layered with his own personal language consisting of patterns, symbols, and archetypes that may not make any literal sense but play on subconscious associations. His paintings are thick with paint, poured pigment and saturated washes with layers of drawing and collage. While Nelson's work is akin to outsider, folk art, it should be noted that he received his MFA from Arizona State University in 1995 and has completed commissions for clients as diverse as the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States Postal Service...

A contemporary oil painting on linen by American artist A.J. Fries. Artist’s Statement: These works are an extension of a small series of realistic paintings that I did of graves...

A contemporary oil painting on linen by American artist A.J. Fries. Artist’s Statement: These works are an extension of a small series of realistic paintings that I did of graves...

"Keep Trying To", diptych, mixed media on panel — 94 x 94 inches. John Randall Nelson is an Arizona-based painter and sculptor. Nelson’s works are layered with his own personal lan...