“Rewired” is a collection expressing the transformation Sab experienced through her brain injury recovery and discovery of her creative self. Observing nature’s paths and patterns helps her better understand herself and her creative process has helped comprehend the unplanned pivot in her life. Each piece replays real scenes that she has experienced throughout her recovery and represents milestones that influenced her metamorphosis.
Artist Statement
My adventures mold me and each canvas becomes my journal to translate what I discover through my wanders. My art practice began as a way to feel nurtured by nature’s magnificence when I was experiencing physical and cognitive limits due to injury, and it continues to immerse me in what I love most.
“Rewired” is a collection expressing the transformation I experienced through my brain injury recovery and discovery of my creative self. This journey has been confusing and chaotic, emulated by the varied mood of this series. From the calm to the complex, the seemingly ordinary to the surreal, by patiently reflecting nature’s diverse palette onto canvas I have gained conviction that the ability to adapt through any type of adversity is within us.
About the Artist
Sab Curtis is a self-taught acrylic landscape artist and a self-powered adventure enthusiast. Her affinity for the outdoors and deep respect for the natural world stems from a life of exploring mountainous terrain around the world, including her own backyard in the Kootenays where she has found inspiration for the past 20 years. Her lifelong hobby of photographing the vistas she encounters provides ongoing reference material for her more recent passion for painting.
Art became the unexpected silver lining for Sab while recovering from a traumatic brain injury. In 2020, she put brush to canvas for the first time in her life as a therapeutic outlet and she has not stopped since. An engineer by profession, she has converted her problem-solving skills to her creative practice through cognitive “rewiring“. Her neural pathways have transformed from analysing data to construing the mixing of hues and tapestry of brushstrokes. Mother Nature is Sab’s greatest muse, and she continually motivates her practice through extensive adventures by foot, bike or skis, acquiring inspiration for her next body of work. Learn more about Sab and her work at: https://www.sabcurtis.com/
“Rewired” will be on display at the Art Gallery of Golden until Saturday, November 16th.
