sarah f. peterson

artist

Sarah grew up in Aspen, in the days of dirt streets and no movie stars. She attended C.U. for 2 years and then graduated from the Boulder Valley School of Nursing. She returned to Aspen and worked in the the Aspen Valley Hospital for a few years before delivering her first child there in 1976. She moved to Boulder in 1977, where she and her husband raised their 4 (now grown) children.

She was a studio potter for 19 years and is well known for her signature trout majolica ceramics. However, her true love has always been watercolors, spending summers in Aspen at the Anderson Ranch under the tutelage of her mentor, Anstis B. Lundy. She has exhibited both her ceramics and watercolors in numerous shows in Boulder, Denver, Aspen, Ketchum, New York, Key West, and San Francisco.

Her paintings show a unique use of watercolor, expressing the delicate and ethereal qualities of her subjects in vivid contrast with darkness. Her use of white on white in combination with intense textures is beautiful. She says, “I look to the exquisiteness of peonies and magnolias and the rugged bravery of hollyhocks for confirmation that the Earth is still finding it in its heart to push up these miracles.”