Through the years the St. Agnes Library has featured many local artist’s exhibitions. It has become something our patrons look forward to seeing with each visit. With our temporary closure due to COVID-19, we want to share artists' work so that everyone can experience some beauty in their life.

This week we are featuring Sarah Gibault.

Sarah Gibault is a Canadian artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her experiments in abstraction are explorations on her traditional training in fine art. Here's what Sarah has to say about these works below:

These works are expressions, lacking in clear representation while pulling on relationships between colour and shape.

Pictures form like musical compositions dancing in space, deviating from formality, representation.

Each abstract work plays with fields of colour, space, shapes, patterning, and balance. The process of forming these relationships brings about harmony in the final composition.

An element of chance influences the process as the works are composed. The amount of randomness in each work allows the artist's emotional state and her expressive position to influence the paintings.

Recommended Reading:

• The Art of Creative Watercolor: Inspiration & Techniques for Imaginative Drawing and Painting by Danielle Donaldson
• Lessons in Realistic Watercolor: A Contemporary Approach to Painting People and Places in the Classical Tradition by Mario Andres Robinson
• Painting Beautiful Watercolor Landscapes: Transform Ordinary Places into Extraordinary Scenes by Joyce Hicks
• Painting Watercolor Botanicals by Harriet de Winton
• Watercolor: Expert Techniques and Simple Step-by-Step Projects for Creating Dynamic Landscapes in the Open Air with Watercolor by Ron Stocke
• The Watercolor Course You've Always Wanted: Guided Lessons for Beginners and Experienced Artists by Leslie Frontz
• Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light & Color in Landscapes & Cityscapes by Michael Reardon
• Watercolor the Easy Way: Step-by-Step Tutorials for 50 Beautiful Motifs Including Plants, Flowers, Animals & More by Sara Berrenson
• The Watercolor Ideas Book by Joanna Goss
• Watercolor Success in Four Steps by Marina Bakasova
• Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games by Lee Glazer, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, Katherine Roeder