Sara Qualey Paintings

Although I deal with light and shadow in all my paintings, I tried something different with these two. There is a strong cast shadow running...

Jane, our niece (and my favorite model), visited us this winter. She was kind enough to pose outside while I shot...

This winter I worked on a series of lure paintings. I'm fascinated by the elegant and sometimes wacky designs...

In a couple of weeks the farmers' market in Cable will be open for the season. I always look forward to my Saturday trips to buy beautif...

I was thinking about achieving a sense of space when I set up this composition using complim...

As some of you know, I have spent the last year creating over 25 new paintings for my exhibit at Lizzards Art Gallery in Duluth, Minnesota. ...

After spending weeks exploring the idea of space and atmosphere in still life paintings, I decided to think more about shapes. When I compos...

In recent months, I've enjoyed painting these small works. The square format is a nice change, too. In these four paintings, I returned ...

In this larger painting, I incorporated some of the same objects I used in the earlier small paintings. I wanted the vanity to be clutter...

We usually think of atmosphere and space as elements in landscape paintings. In recent months I've been studying paintings by 18th centu...