About

Denver-based artist Sarah Darlene explores expressive abstraction, physical embodiment, and the boundaries between the physical and spiritual experiences of Self. Her creative process is deeply intertwined with intuitive meditation practices, body awareness, femininity, and queer identity, and is guided by the yogic concept of Maya, the illusory nature of the world.

Primarily a painter, Darlene reaches beyond traditional painting methods, employing an intuitive, gestural, and mindfulness-based approach to various materials, including clothing, sand, and rope. Her work explores how body-based rituals and repetitive movements can support healing and transformation, fostering a deep connection between the physical and spiritual bodies. Understanding her creative practice as divination work, she continually creates new creative rituals to respond to her body's present moment needs, guiding her choice and treatment of materials. As an assault survivor, meditation teacher, and visual artist, she explores the emotional spectrum of contentment and discomfort, aiming to understand the value of emotional contrast in healing work and our experience as a body.