About the Artist

Sally Hamilton has been painting and exhibiting in Santa Barbara since 1990. She works in oils, acrylics and pastels, and her subject matter includes landscape, figures, and still lifes. An interesting composition and the way light defines shape is often what first attracts Sally to a subject, and she works toward color relationships that reflect both what she sees and her emotional response. She also enjoys working abstractly or conceptually with a theme.

Sally was twice President of SB Art Association. She was the Exhibits Chair for SCAPE for 4 years, as well as being a founder of the Mesa Studio Artists and the Stude Art Fund. Previously she taught elementary school for 27 years in Santa Barbara.

Sally has produced solo exhibits at the Faulkner Gallery, Gallery 113, Corridan Gallery, the UCSB Faculty Club, Finestra, Fielding University, The University Club, Montecito Country Club, and Live Culture and she has appeared in many invitational and group exhibits.

Sally enjoys setting a theme for solo exhibits.  Examples of her shows are “Farscapes” (oil landscapes looking down as if from a plane) “Mono” (still lifes in oil of Japanese objects),  “Another Look” (mixed media abstractions inspired by her own landscapes) “Body Language” (figures in oil, pastel and acrylics) “Liquid Visions” (oil still lifes featuring water)  “Tuscan Inspiration” (pastels done in Tuscany, Italy) “Dreams of Flying” (whimsical pastels based on stories people told her about their dreams of flying) and “Skyscapes” (abstracted mixed media pieces influenced by air travel.)

After teaching elementary school in Goleta for 27 years, Sally retired in 1999 and has enjoyed focusing on her art work, attending classes and helping to organize art exhibits through the Santa Barbara Art Association and SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment.)  She was twice President of SBAA and was the Exhibits Chair for SCAPE for 4 years.  She is a founding member of Montecito Artists Group, Mesa Studio Artists and 21 Artists – groups of artists that show locally every year.