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Sarah Siltala

Birds, Butterflies, Still Life and Landscape in Oil
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Sage Creek Gallery

Sage Creek Gallery


”Beauty is truth, truth beauty”
—-that is all Ye know on earth,
and all ye need to know. ~John Keats

Featured Post

Workshop with Teresa Oaxaca & Demo

This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to study the portrait in charcoal with Teresa Oaxaca.  I have been spending a l...

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  • How to Make a Shadow Box for Still Life
    I want to share how I make a portable shadow box for still life.  Lighting is unpredictable and it's so important to have proper ...
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    Here's a painting in process, beginning with my drawing.  I'll post more pics as my painting progresses.  My work always begin...
  • Demo in Indirect Painting
    Welcome!  I am an oil painter residing in New Mexico.  I use an indirect style of painting based on Flemish and Venetian methods; I paint i...
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  • Fumed Silica in Linseed Oil Painting Medium
    Still Life with Red Faced Warbler  9"x12"  oil/panel It's been a very interesting start to 2016, and I find m...
  • Painting alla prima
    I'm beginning to experiment with painting alla prima, which is when paint is mixed directly from the tube and a painting is comp...
  • Titanium vs Lead White
    I spent some time recently experimenting with handmade white oil paint.  I thought I'd share a little comparison I made after mixin...
  • Mulling Paint, Grind Your Own Oil Paint
    Here is a demo on how I make my own oil paint.  In the pic above you can see everything laid out except my dust mask.  Particles can bec...
  • Making Salt Refined Organic Linseed Oil
    A fresh batch of raw linseed oil made from organic flax seed oil, resting in the light I recently completed another batch ...
  • "Wit and Whimsy" Show
    My work is up at Sage Creek Gallery for a show that lasts until June 25th.  I have many new paintings in the gallery and have bee...
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Articles about my work:

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Capturing Utter Stillness

Beauty and Balance

Beauty and Balance

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