{"title":"SARA PITTMAN | WHAT SOFTNESS CARRIES","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovember 6 - 22, 2025\u003cbr\u003eOpening First Thursday, November 6, 6 - 8 pm\u003cbr\u003eArtist in Attendance\u003cbr\u003eArtist Reception, November 6, 4 - 5 pm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoftness is not the absence of strength. It is the form that carries it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese paintings live in the tension of transformation where forms surface and recede, where nothing is fixed, and everything is shifting. I work instinctually, letting each piece unfold without demanding resolution. What emerges is not a fixed image, but a felt space hovering between abstraction and memory, gesture and emotion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNature is the language I return to: sky, petals, and light slipping through. These elements speak to the weight of motherhood and to time as something both tender and unrelenting. Each painting is composed of layered acrylic grounds, precisely cut canvas forms, and finished in luminous oil glazes. Compositions that hold the dualities within the work: deliberate and instinctive, present and fading, soft yet sharp.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe addition of collaged canvas (painted, cut, layered, and embedded) marks a new direction in my process, allowing form to echo, interrupt, or slip away. These fragments act as anchors of memory and change, capturing the tension between what stays and what disappears. The process itself becomes a way of reflecting the emotional complexities that thread through care, identity, and time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Softness Carries draws its name from the way nature holds complexity where softness does not mean weakness, but the strength to bend, shift, and begin again. It explores the quietly profound moments within transformation, the cycles of tending, holding, and surrendering that shape us, often without our noticing. These works don't seek answers, but hold space for what resists explanation, reflecting how nature moves and reshapes itself. Each piece invites pause, a place to rest inside ambiguity and feel change as it unfolds. This body of work is my way of staying with that uncertainty, letting nature guide me through it with gentleness and persistence.\u003c\/em\u003e - Sara Pittman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a listing of more available work and biographical information, please visit Sara Pittman's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fosterwhite.com\/collections\/sara-pittman\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eprimary page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon our website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bau-xi.co\/seattle\/Pittman%20CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSara Pittman CV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"papered-sky","title":"Papered Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSara Pittman's work explores dreamlike worlds through her imaginative landscapes and flora-like abstract paintings. 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