2022-2023
flow // pathways
I have been heavily focusing on the concept of “flow” and “pathways” in the environment. I’ve been exploring the coast more often, especially within Moray county, Scotland, where I live. The colors, textures, and endless movement of water has impacted my mind and heart beyond reckoning, and I seek to paint how it makes me feel, rather than exactly what I see.
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![Storm over Rona](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1702657707005-XRGOUU537PDKKG4ZMWOK/Rona-Storm-Watercolor-Sarah-Burns-sm.jpg)
Storm over Rona
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![Cullen Beach Sunset](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1703258995315-UAD3S1W3XG56S6YHD00M/Cullen-Beach-Sunset-Gouache-Painting-Sarah-Burns-signed.jpg)
Cullen Beach Sunset
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![View from Bealach na ba towards Isle of Skye](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1702657284487-AS3QHB1098F8W5KYSUZ5/20231215_161404_0-glazed-intensity-15-V1.jpg)
View from Bealach na ba towards Isle of Skye
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![On the Way](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1702989449866-FWQBNK5Q95OYTASD7378/Loch-Kishorn-Bealach-na-ba-Watercolor-Sarah-Burns-signed.jpg)
On the Way
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![Loch Cluanie](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1702988988222-QMYYGVT66R72A1D44YZ5/Loch-Cluanie-Summer-Watercolor-Sarah-Burns-border.jpg)
Loch Cluanie
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![High Tide](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1668871741358-UHCZL1CU43E9E4DOAUHE/High+Tide+Watercolor+by+Sarah+Burns.jpg)
High Tide
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![Sligachan Reflection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/3e22b903-dbac-42e4-93e7-a4ecd177babf/image-asset.jpeg)
Sligachan Reflection
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![Loch Lomond Sunset](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1703167511396-BD1P57ROID79L4DK4D73/Loch-Lomond-Sunset-Watercolor-Sarah-Burns-signed.jpg)
Loch Lomond Sunset
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![Glencoe Atmosphere](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/f1b5dd56-1587-4944-ad87-c00e9ffdfc04/image-asset.png)
Glencoe Atmosphere
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Shadows
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![Frozen Over](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1703258709401-R3865XT0UAPQVFPJFX77/Snowy-Mountain-Gouache-painting-Sarah-Burns-signed.jpg)
Frozen Over
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![Fairy Pools of Skye](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1703258711171-ZXZA36QQZU41BTFBPI09/Isle-of-Skye-Fairy-Pools-Gouache-Painting-Sarah-Burns.jpg)
Fairy Pools of Skye
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![Hopeman Beach II](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1667988659945-UBL1UPUAFVBHCGZOF3M0/Hopeman+Beach+2+by+Sarah+Burns+sm.png)
Hopeman Beach II
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![Covesea](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1667988694554-YVONRLPJWD4RG7TPFK6Z/Covesea+Sq+sm.jpg)
Covesea
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![Highland Ride](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1efa5296-8770-4049-9b74-b8ebcb4c80bf/image-asset.jpeg)
Highland Ride
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![Pathway to the Sea](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1667988673052-APVQD6HL53X9OAQT1LR9/Path+to+the+Sea+by+Sarah+Burns+sm.png)
Pathway to the Sea
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![Hopeman Beach I](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1667988657076-QC56MJVN1AA8Z1F8WBT3/Hopeman+Beach+by+Sarah+Burns+sm.png)
Hopeman Beach I
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![Forest Light](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1668871392766-NY1DUPQ9ID8NY6ZVCDUR/Forest+Light+Watercolor+by+Sarah+Burns.jpg)
Forest Light
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![Sunnyside Beach](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1667988675265-J17P01JMAN36JS4GLMS3/Sunnyside+Beach+by+Sarah+Burns+sm.png)
Sunnyside Beach
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![Cullen Beach Shine](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1667988930847-MRI6AM01DGUOMTQW9KC6/Cullen+Beach+Shine+sm.jpg)
Cullen Beach Shine
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![The Wild Shore](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1681564235864-56OP4O4IQ5WFVRWJLFJD/Splash+by+Sarah+Burns.jpg)
The Wild Shore
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Edge of Autumn
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![Sligachan Falls (plein air)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1703260024016-0JXQ94B7QTK8J1ZFBEKO/2021-Isle-of-Skye-plein-air-watercolor-sligachan-sarah-burns-signed.jpg)
Sligachan Falls (plein air)
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![A Donder Around Loch Maree](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1667989068486-O5AW4LFIFP59DC0LTALT/Lochside+by+Sarah+Burns.jpg)
A Donder Around Loch Maree
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![Cullen Bay](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1648732464792-3QR40106LH4F5712NW65/Cullen+Bay+sm.jpg)
Cullen Bay
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![Forest Pathways](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1648732323510-1EKACV6ELTB3UWX7ZDBO/Forest+Path_1+sm.jpg)
Forest Pathways
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![Forest Light II](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1668871696888-NQJHCN2G8ZNN2197L6PF/March+Forest+paintalong+sq.jpg)
Forest Light II
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![Autumn in Skye](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57193239b6aa60187d50da6c/1648732387350-NN6I8E4L2QM7EIWUYDL2/Highland+Autumn+sm.jpg)
Autumn in Skye
2018-2022
The focus was on bridging the realms of fantasy and reality through expressive work.
Plein Air Paintings
Here are some collages of my time spent painting around the Highlands of Scotland (and some from my last year in Colorado)