Artist GoH: Sarah Clemens

 

 

 

WillyCon XII   Artist GoH Sarah Clemens

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Sarah Clemens Didn’t realize until later in life that growing up with a ballet company and at a television studio was in any way unusual.  Her mother was the company pianist for the Memphis Civic Ballet and her father was a cameraman and press photographer for WHBQ in Memphis, Tennessee.  While in grade school she occasionally helped host the kiddy show with Happy Hal, showing early leanings toward art by sketching with Hal between cartoons.  Backstage at the ballet, she helped make costumes, listened to her mother play lovely music and took lots of classes until she realized her turnout was lousy and decided to concentrate on art.

Sarah’s early love of science fiction and fantasy art came even before she could read, from looking at the covers of science fiction magazines.  The artwork she  most enjoys doing are those connected with the fantastic and she has been going to conventions since the late seventies.   She is gratified at the response of con-goers to her award-winning paintings of Magnus & Loki, which have been the most fun of all.  She is a photo-real artist working in oils, exhibiting her mainstream paintings in galleries in Boca Raton, Florida and Scottsdale, Arizona.    Growing up in a darkroom contributes to her love of photography and she still does photo work occasionally.  All of the models used in her notorious and award winning St. Labia series were photographed by Sarah.  She has published short stories with Asimov’s magazine and Ellen Datlow anthologies.

 

In her checkered past, she also wrote movie reviews for USA Today’s phone-in line and bogus horoscopes for a 900 line that will remain nameless.  She is a skeptic and has written and produced planetarium shows disputing the existence of UFOs.  Her day job, before taking on full-time fantasy art, was 17 years of medical illustration for prominent attorneys, and  her work has helped win multi-million dollar cases.

 

Sarah and her husband and cats live in Mesa, Arizona.

 

"Joyride " © Sarah Clemens