2017- Andrew and Sarah Wilson

Florida-based husband and wife collaborators Andrew and Sarah Wilson stayed with us through early December.

Andrew is a large-scale painter and middle school art teacher and Sarah is a creative non-fiction writer and magazine writer/editor. Within the past year and a half they were married, they stepped away from their full-time careers to live a life that aligns with who they are as people, while connecting with communities through the work they create. The scale of Andrew’s work yields to his tall physical stature as well as his kinetic application of paint to the canvas. The size of the work can pull the viewer in from across the room to then reveal the accompaniment of Sarah’s writing. Through poetic, personal compositions, Sarah speaks a voice that many can call their own. Collaboratively, Andrew and Sarah’s work appeals to an audience greater than that of just writing or painting alone. With an objective to shed light on the overlooked realities of society, Andrew and Sarah unwrap beauty through the marriage of imagery and words, breaking any ambiguity in the process.

In an effort to shift their work to storytelling that speaks of and to communities, Sarah and Andrew have recently entered the public art realm: producing work that lives outside the confines of a gallery. Because Andrew’s painting style is one of many layers, this translates to murals in a way that offers natural movement and depth.

While at Habitable Spaces Andrew and Sarah painted a mural in town that is visually representative of the community and history that make Kingsbury what it is. Andrew and Sarah’s interactions with the people of Kingsbury will directly inspire what the mural becomes. The mural was painted on the shipping container situated off Hwy 90 by the Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Station. Upon completion the city of Kingsbury held a meet and greet with the artists and Mayor Shirley Nolen cut a ribbon to open the public art piece.

During their stay at Habitable Spaces they hosted art workshops. Sarah is also a certified yoga teacher and guided yoga classes on the farm on Saturday mornings.