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SARAH TAYLOR KO
Contemporary Mixed Media Art
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Jan 29, 20242 min read
The Navigator's Triangle
When thinking of what the Voice of the Sea means to me I think not just of waves or whales but of cultural connections. The ancient...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Hotspot
The challenge was to create artwork around the elements earth, fire, and water. Living on the islands, these are all close to use...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Oct 29, 20221 min read
Number Noise
In 2021 I was asked by one of my galleries to make some work around Covid-19 and what it meant to me. Immediately I thought of how tired...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Jul 9, 20222 min read
Huaka'i, Journey
Ka Wa Ma Mua, Ka Wa Ma Hope (The Time That Came Before The Time That Follows), 24" x 36", mixed media, 2022 Firehouse Gallery in Kamuela...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Feb 27, 20222 min read
Love the Land, Malama Aina
The show opens today February 27th at 5pm, Viewpoints Gallery in Makawao, Maui and runs through April 16, 2022. The ancient Hawaiʻians...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Nov 15, 20211 min read
The Palila Project
The Palila Project is up at Viewponts Gallery in Maui! I made 11 paintings, a sculpture, and facilitated a large mural celebrating the...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
May 23, 20212 min read
The Canoe is the World
I had an amazing opportunity to attend via Zoom the Imiloa Center's annual Wayfinding Celebration in October, 2020. I was able to listen...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
May 9, 20213 min read
Homecoming
I was recently asked how much of my work is planned and how much is spontaneous. In order to answer that question, I thought I would...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Apr 25, 20212 min read
Crossing Over
Ever a land of contrasts, nowhere is the chiaroscuro of Hawai'i more evident than on Saddle Road aka Daniel K. Inouye Highway. It rises...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Apr 18, 20212 min read
Out of Sight
Part of a series of 5 paintings based on the poetry of Miho Nonaka from her book The Museum of Small Bones, this is the only one whose...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Apr 11, 20212 min read
Invisible Etching
Like the craziest grocery list ever, in preparation for interpreting a written work visually I started with my favorite concrete images...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Apr 4, 20212 min read
God's Tears
Living in such a utilitarian culture where the financial bottom line is the only one that counts, being an artist can feel like a...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Mar 28, 20212 min read
The Invisible Wings of Bees
It is one thing to elicit the invisible in a poem, but how do you paint it? That was the challenge I set for myself in interpreting...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Mar 21, 20212 min read
The Only Treasure I Wanted
The intersection between the creative disciplines of visual art and poetry is where I took my latest series of work. As a Christmas gift...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Oct 10, 20202 min read
Distance Learning Palila Project: Making Rainbows
We learned how to mix a rainbow of colors, raised awareness of our critically endangered Palila, and alleviated some pandemic stress as well
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Oct 4, 20201 min read
Distance Learning Palila Project: Scaling Up
A time honored way to make a small image larger is by using a grid.
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Sep 29, 20202 min read
Distance Learning Palila Project: Paint Packets
Overcoming a few little hurtles to make art remotely with 15 students...
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Sarah Taylor Ko
Sep 26, 20202 min read
Seeing with Eight Eyes: Makawalu
Maintaining an abundance mindset is so important for an artist, and never more so than now.
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