Sarah Harless

Biography

Sarah Harless draws attention to the simpler ways of life and the natural beauty of the western atmosphere provides a serene backdrop. “I like the more traditional ways of life and simplistic lifestyle when people lived off the land. We don’t get time back and it is vital to me to use my time wisely,” says the artist. “I think my artwork captures some of the old ways that are still part of a tradition and lifestyle from the earlier generations. There is an importance of the older ways of life that we seem to forget about today.” Harless pays tribute to the traditional beauty by photographing and painting the people, rain, livestock, and nature that are at the center of the natural gifts God gives us.

Harless’ use of light in her photography and painting helps highlight some the environmental attributes of the western land such as the dry dust in the air, low morning fog, or a long-awaited, oncoming rainstorm. She allows color to play a role to help express the variable mood of the scene. She explains, “Colors are similar to life. Sometimes life looks bright, sometimes it pushes and pulls you in many directions, and sometimes there are just shades of gray.”

Recent Exhibitions
2024 Bosque Arts Classic 39th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale 2024 – Clifton, TX
2024 Museum of the Big Bend Trappings of Texas, 38th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale – Alpine, TX
2024 “America’s Horse in Art” – AQHA Museum, Amarillo, TX
2023 Summer Stampede show National Ranching Heritage Center- Lubbock, TX
2023 Bosque Arts Classic 38th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale – Clifton, TX
2023 Western Art Roundup 40th Annual Roundup Exhibition, Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX
2023 Museum of the Big Bend Trappings of Texas 37th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale- Alpine, TX
2022 Western Art Roundup 39th Annual Roundup Exhibition, Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX

2022 at Museum of the Big Bend Trappings of Texas 36th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale- Alpine, TX
2022 Won 2nd place in Sculpture at the Bosque Arts Classic 37th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale – Clifton, TX
2021 Western Art Roundup 38th Annual Roundup Exhibition, Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX
2021 Museum of the Big Bend Trappings of Texas 35th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale- Alpine, TX
2021 Bosque Arts Classic 36th Annual Juried Exhibition and Sale- Clifton, TX
2021 “America’s Horse in Art” – AQHA Museum, Amarillo, TX
2021 51st National Exhibition, Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX

Artwork to be Showcased