Sarah Rhinelander - Paintings & Prints

 

Sarah has been drawing and painting since childhood. She studied at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and the University of New Hampshire in Durham. from which she received a BA in Studio Art, with a concentration in Lithography.

Sarah works out of her studio on Westport Island in Maine. Her subjects vary greatly from boats, shoreline scenes and seascapes, to imaginary landscapes, dream imagery, greeting cards and children's illustrations.  She is inspired by nature and imagination.  

She works in lithography, pen and ink, watercolor, and oils and soft pastel. Her work has shown at the River Tree Arts Center in Kennebunk, the Chocolate Church in Bath, as well as in local shops in Midcoast Maine. She participated in the Painterly Day and Art Auction at Laudholm Farms in Wells, Maine. Her work hangs in private collections in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts. She is a member of the Round Top Center for the Arts, where she is active in the print program, as well as The Chocolate Church Arts Center, The Pastel Painters of Maine and the Westport Island Artist Alliance.

Sarah is also a Licenced Massage Therapist and Shiatsu Practitioner. She studied at the Downeast School of Massage in Waldoboro, Maine. She is Maine Licensed and Nationally Certified as a Massage Therapist and Bodyworker. She has an office on Westport and and works with the nearby Squire Tarbox Inn, providing massage and Shiatsu for the guests there.  

Following the Maine tradition, Sarah has an ecclectic work experience. She has a freelance boat varnishing and restoration business. She also works part time as a stern man on a lobster boat. Much of the inspiration for her work comes from her time being out on the water on the Maine coast.

Sarah is very active in her small island community. She co-chairs a volunteer group on the island which helps the elderly on the island. She also enjoys gardening, writing and boating.