Sarah Twiggy Boyer Verified listing

My works seek to investigate themes of memory, connections, and nostalgia. Using carefully curated photographs as collage elements, I explore how my own recollections and experiences are often similar to another person’s. I work with forgotten photographs gathered from dusty thrift shops that I feel deeply connected to.

I aim to relate the small moments captured in the images to my own memories in a sort of familiar parallel. The patterns, layers, and repeating images in my mixed media collages become a visual representation of memories over time—adding and removing, sometimes blurred or influenced, fragments of images are cut, torn, and collaged onto paper intuitively. Floral elements often find their way into the works to further illustrate the fragility and ephemeral qualities of memories and to bring symbolism to the pieces often referencing the principles of Victorian Floriography.

My hope is to invite viewers to make a connection to their own memories and to encourage a nostalgic and emotional response, ultimately creating a bond between us. Borrowing aspects from the memory of others, I mold them into my own and aim to create new ones for others to borrow from.

Theme:

Memories, connections, and motherhood

1. 1. 2023 “Cut, Torn & Mended”, Spilt Milk Gallery, Virtual

1. 1. 2023 “New Beginnings”, Daylight Artist Collective, Columbus Ohio

1. 1. 2023 “Inside a Memory”, Visionary Art Collective, curated by Ekaterina Popova, Virtual

1. 1. 2023 “Art in Bloom”, Avalon Parks Arts Center, Orlando, FL

1. 1. 2022 “Emerging Artists Group Show”, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD

1. 1. 2022 “Suburban Nostalgia”, The Martin Gallery, Chicago, IL