About
Explore. Experiment. Play. See what happens. That's my mantra when I create. That is how I work.
Hej, I’m Sara Za Enback, a visual artist from Arctic Sweden, now living and making art on an island off the East Coast of Australia. My paintings and art pieces often have a concept of the northern Sweden where I grew up. A space and land I love and miss.
My aim is to only use repurposed canvases and I have collected a rather large number of them, all different and random sizes, from op-shops. Sometimes I sand them back before reusing. In the sanding process I may create holes in the canvas and this will become a feature in the new painting.
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I am creating simply because I need to and when I do, everything feels right and purposeful. I wish to make others feel something when they look at or have my art in their space. I hope they feel good, remember a time, a person, or a place, feel hope, or feel inspired. Just as I do.
"I collect bread
bag clips and one day
I'll make an exciting piece
of art with them all. I'll
let you know when.
In the mean time,
send me yours"
I can make the most amazing Lemon Myrtle Chocolate Ganache. My brother, however, describes it as a punch in the face...I assume it's a compliment...
I spend too much time in 2nd hand shops. Most of my wardrobe consists of 2nd hand clothing.
I grew up in
Koskullskulle; Arctic Swedish Lapland. Midnight sun, forests, camp fires, lakes, lots of cakes, snow, sauna, and intense
darkness too.
