University of New England

Sarah R. Gorham 
Assistant Professor
Phone: 207-602-2613
Email: sgorham@une.edu

Education
M.F.A., Maine College of Art, Portland Maine: Painting, Mixed media and Contemporary  Cultural Art, 2001.

M.A.T., Tufts University/ School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Mass.: Art Education Certification K-9, 1992.

B.A., Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio: Fine Art Painting; Concentration in Art History, 1989.

Courses I Teach

• Painting 104 A, 104 B

Research Interests

• Expressive Creation: Painting from the Source Techniques
• Ritual Liminal Expressions
• Danskinetics® and Painting

Group Shows

• Up and Coming: Soak Foot Sanctuary and Tea House Portland, Maine, February 2006
• Clown Gallery, Portland Maine, Landscape Invitational 2005.
• UNE Faculty Show 2003, 2004, 2005
• Beaver Country Day School Alumni Show 2002, 2003
• Maine College of Art Thesis Exhibition, 2001
• South Shore Art Center, 1996, 1997

Personal Interests
II am an expressive painter who focuses on the process of painting as inquiry into the self. I love the act of applying pigment to a surface and the exploration of how that process is unique to every individual. As an instructor I place myself in the role of facilitator so that students kind find and nurture their own inner wisdom and creative source. Once this wisdom is accessed the process of learning highly technical skills of painting can be taken on and the acquisition of these skills will be that much more enriching. To meet my own source I paint, hike, kayak, dance, and practice yoga.

Works on this page from top:
Reflection Study #2, Oil on Paper, 2000
Along the Shore, Acrylic on Board, 2005
Meloncholy Reflection, Oil on Paper, 2000