Sarah Hessinger (b.1975 in Buffalo, New York) is a contemporary abstract painter. Attending the Maryland Institute College of Art & Design before heading west, Hessinger later studied at The California School of Herbal Studies. Living on the west coast for years, she became immersed in ethnobotany, gardening, and physiology. This time would solidify her obsessions with botany, herbalism and mycology. Hessinger’s work has been shown in Seattle, Portland, Maui, Chicago, San Francisco and is in many private collections. She strives to create and inspire conversations about our natural world, the changes that are taking place, and how we can become better stewards of our internal and external ecosystems.

“I create wall-size acrylic on canvas paintings, intimate mixed media pieces, and drawings. My visual language allows for glimpses into symbiotic relationships and the forces in nature. Uniting movement, emotions, and memories, these all become translated into brush-marks, color, and rhythms. Rotating multiple pieces in a session amplifies the diverse characteristics of acrylic paint and its fascinating capabilities.”