Artist Bio
Sabrina is a mixed media artist based in Tauranga, New Zealand. With a Bachelor of Design (fashion), she has cultivated a diverse creative background. Sabrina’s passion for painting leads her to create captivating works in her spare time while maintaining a full-time jvisual merchandising job. Her work reflects a unique blend of design sensibility and artistic expression.
Sabrina is from Dunedin, New Zealand, and discovered her artistic flair at an early age while studying art and fashion design. Since 2018 Sabrina has participated in numerous group exhibitions in both Melbourne and Tauranga.
When Sabrina isn’t making art; you can find her walking in a forest or at the beach, observing shadows and textures, or relaxing with her fiancé and a G&T.
Artist Statement
My artwork reflects the beauty found in nature, the subtle dance of light, the tactile allure of textures, the shapes in a landscape or the movement of water. These inspirations are captured in a photograph or filter through by memory and form a starting point for my painting practice.
Working intuitively, I build up layers of paint, mark making and collage using various tools to create texture and depth. Each painting emerges intuitively over time and without a known outcome. Often new ideas spark during the unpredictable nature of my process and flow into other works.
For me, art is not just a form of expression; each stroke of the brush, each layer of collage, is a deliberate act of self-discovery and reflection. My painting practice is a form of relaxation and in my home studio all distractions fade into the background.
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for.”
— Georgia O’Keeffe