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ARTIST STATEMENT

I paint landscapes that focus on transitional conditions near the end of the day, when colour and light shift across water, snow, and mountain terrain. These brief moments often alter familiar places, revealing structures of shadow, reflection, and surface that are less apparent during the brightness of midday.

Working in oil, I use the landscape as a way to examine how changing atmospheric conditions shape our perception of place. The paintings are not intended as literal descriptions of specific locations but develop from repeated encounters with particular environments and times of day.

My thinking about landscape is informed in part by ecological writing and eco-psychology, including the work of Wendell Berry and Joanna Macy, which explore relationships between people and the natural world.

The paintings are developed in the studio from photographs and sketches made during time spent in these landscapes, allowing the work to focus on atmosphere, colour relationships, and spatial structure.

BIO

Sara Hodgson-Brown is a Canadian oil painter from British Columbia currently based in France.

Before focusing full-time on painting, Hodgson-Brown worked in a range of outdoor and teaching roles, including as a wilderness guide, market gardener, and art teacher. These experiences continue to inform her engagement with landscape.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia. She is an elected member of Oil Painters of America and an exhibiting member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Canadian Federation of Artists.

Her work has been exhibited internationally in Canada, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, including exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London, Green & Stone Gallery in London, and the Federation Gallery in Vancouver.

Her writing on landscape painting and environmental perception was published in EcoAlter Journal (European Alternatives), Issue 11: Margins on Fire (2025).

CURRICULUM VITAE

EXHIBITIONS

2025 SOCIETY OF CANADIAN ARTSTS ELECTED MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION, DIGNAM GALLERY, TORONTO, CANADA

2025 SUMMER EXHIBITION, GREEN AND STONE GALLERY, CHELSEA, LONDON

2025 VANCOUVER SALON EXHIBITION, FEDERATION GALLERY, VANCOVUER, CANADA

2025 SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS 164TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION, MALL GALLERIES, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

2025 LANDSCAPES EXHIBITION, FEDERATION GALLERY, VANCOUVER, CANADA

2025 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION EXHIBITION, FEDERATION GALLERY, VANCOUVER, CANADA

2023 BIZZ 'ART, LA NATURE ET LA PEINTURE, DRÔME, FRANCE

2022 ART SHOPPING SALON INTERNATIONAL PARIS, FRANCE

2022 EXHIBITION L’ART DE PARTAGER, ARGENTRÉ, FRANCE

2017 - 2020 EXHIBITING ARTIST, LES ATELIERS DE LA CÔTE - SWITZERLAND

PUBLICATIONS

'RECLAIMING THE EXTRACTIVE GAZE: HOW FEMINISTE LANDSCAPE PAINTING CHALLENGES 500 YEARS OF PATRIARCHAL LAND DOMINATION.' ECOALTER JOURNAL, ISSUE 11: MARGINS ON FIRE, EUROPEAN ALTERNATIVES 2025.