As a child, Sarah got into big trouble for playing with matches and burning her finger. Happily, she can now explore her curiosity of fire and heat in her work with encaustic art. Art in some form has always been important to Sarah St Laurent. A love of taking art classes began as a child, and was expanded while she was taking a degree in Horticulture at Texas A&M University where the Craft Center was as important to her education as the greenhouses. As an adult, she has especially enjoyed silversmithing, hand-built clay sculpture, enameling and welding. It seems fire and heat has been a recurring theme in Sarah’s art quest.
Since 2007 when she was introduced to encaustic, that has been her primary focus. She has studied encaustic art and processes extensively since then, taking classes and workshops from many. She combines her love of working with textiles, printing, photography, hand-built structures and collage with encaustic wax. She has been a member of the River Arts District in Asheville since 2018. She maintains a studio in the district and has open studio hours daily.
