Sabine Steinmetz is a UCLA graduate with a degree in Design who worked for many years in printing and graphics, while developing her artistic eye through photography. She also has an extensive horticultural background which manifests itself in much of her work. Artistic goals are to cultivate simple, yet memorable images that encourage the viewer to consider the complexity of the natural environment surrounding them, even in an urban setting.
The galleries presented here all use photography as a base medium, and range from representational images to visual compositions that acknowledge the natural world without trying to mirror reality. All strive to offer the viewer an opportunity to interpret or experience the subject matter in unique ways. Sabine employs a variety of digital techniques and new media, including scanography, used in the creation of the plant portraits that she calls her “new botanicals”.
Recently, Sabine has been combining digital drawing with her scans to create compositions that offer glimpses into more fantastical gardens. These pieces allow her to show evidence of the artist's hand at work, and also welcome the viewer to further embellish the presented scenes by using their imagination.
The galleries presented here all use photography as a base medium, and range from representational images to visual compositions that acknowledge the natural world without trying to mirror reality. All strive to offer the viewer an opportunity to interpret or experience the subject matter in unique ways. Sabine employs a variety of digital techniques and new media, including scanography, used in the creation of the plant portraits that she calls her “new botanicals”.
Recently, Sabine has been combining digital drawing with her scans to create compositions that offer glimpses into more fantastical gardens. These pieces allow her to show evidence of the artist's hand at work, and also welcome the viewer to further embellish the presented scenes by using their imagination.
Angeles Crest Art Guild - Annual Group Shows, 2014 thru 2019, 2021
ARTboretum! - Inaugural Show at L.A. County Arboretum, 2016 AXIS Gallery (Sacramento) - Annual Juried Group Show, Fall 2014 Brand Library Art Gallery - Brand 42 Annual Juried Show, May 2014 Burbank Arts for All - Annual Charitable Group Show - 2014, 2015 & 2017 Cope Studios - Group Show in July 2014 Dr. Joseph Dossen, DDS - Commissioned Work, Summer 2015 La Galleria Gitana (San Fernando) - 10th Anniversary Group Show, October 2018 Theodore Payne Garden Tour - Garden Design incl. on 2016, 2018 & 2019 tours Towns-Burr Gallery (Burbank) - Featured Artist of the Month, October 2014, ACAG Group Show, April 2017 1650 Gallery (Echo Park) - Group Show in December 2013 |
Affiliations
Angeles Crest Art Guild - Member since 2013
Glendale Quilt Guild - Member since 1995 So. California Horticultural Society - Member since 2009 SCHS Board Member since 2015 Education
University of California at Los Angeles - B.A. in Design
UCLA Extension - Gardening & Horticulture Certificate Follow Sabine on Instagram @studiosteinmetz |