Sarah Ricchiuti was born in Normandy, France. Like her coastal town of Le Havre, wiped out during the closing months of WWII and subsequently rebuilt, her art is intensely committed to a new start. In all her paintings, there is something new, something borrowed, something salvaged. Working from a diversity of materials, she never crafts the same composition twice. Every piece is completely unique. The result is an eclectic, varied, and fresh body of work.

“As a child, I was fascinated by Egyptian bas-reliefs and prehistoric cave paintings. I felt as if they were drawing me into their world or stepping into mine. So now, before every painting, I ‘sculpt’ my canvas to create a 3-dimensional framework and I indulge my love for textures using gesso, fibers, paper, recycled materials and acrylic. I look for the grain and consistency that will best communicate the essence of my subject. Ultimately, you -the viewer- would decide where to stand to experience the painting.” 

A self-taught artist, Sarah pursued drawing and painting in her teens until pressured by the school system into a more “practical” path. Following a career in international PR, she moved to California on a whim, and there she shed the corporate cloak.

A private and passionate individual, Sarah immerses herself in art as a way to mentally travel and channel her energy. She is interested in allegories. “I like to portrait moods and feelings attached to sensorial memories. I recapture and frame what strikes me. I distille the pain, joy or peace, I feel, and showcase it on canvas.”