SARAH HORTON -- VEILS OF WILDERNESS, EDGES OF BELONGING...

......Horton’s work draws from the landscapes of the Lost Sierra, Lake Tahoe, and the Feather River headwaters, alongside memories of Arctic expeditions along the Yukon and Mackenzie Rivers. These outer terrains mirror an inner landscape of transformation.

At the heart of the exhibition is a powerful visual narrative: a lone canoeist drawn toward radiant light; intimate encounters with wild companions—wolf, bear, eagle; and the moment of emergence when one is no longer separate from the natural world, but fully integrated within it.

Visitors are invited to move through the exhibition as a lived passage—an experiential walk from solitude to relational presence—culminating outdoors on the preserve’s deck, where the landscape itself completes the journey.

Known for richly layered color fields, Horton builds her paintings through acrylic foundations and oil-finished surfaces, creating depth, luminosity, and emotional resonance. This exhibition debuts new work inspired by the Feather River ecosystem, featuring native species including sandhill cranes, osprey, bald eagles, harriers, fox, and bobcat—woven into visionary landscapes or presented as intimate portraits.

Rooted in decades of wilderness exploration, including over 3,000 miles paddled during Arctic expeditions, these works carry both lived experience and reimagined memory. Each scene unfolds in a soft, otherworldly glow—where low-horizon light washes the land in gold, and skies of orange, pink, and violet hold a quiet sense of awe.