SARAH BOOZE
Germanton, North Carolina | sarahbooze0@gmail.com
Born and raised in the foothills of North Carolina, Sarah Katherine Booze has been drawing and painting since the age of 12 but started her professional art career in 2017. A self-taught artist, Sarah always found herself drawn to the beauty and wonder of the natural landscapes of the world and began to paint the places around her. Her paintings are inspired by her home in North Carolina, as well as the many places she travels. Through color, brushwork, and composition, her art illustrates the tranquility and allure of nature. The landscapes she paints possess a quiet simplicity which invites the viewer to dive in and sit for a while.
ABOUT THE PIECE
“Watch out for the Wolfananny!” This was a phrase I often heard as a child who grew up playing in the backwoods of Stokes County, NC. The Wolfananny was a creature of folklore; a beast with no clear description, despite its canine nomenclature. When I was older, I learned the truth behind this myth: Moonshiners. Those who illegally made liquor in the old hollows around my hometown didn’t want people poking around the woods and finding their stills. So, they created the story of a beast who lived in those very woods. But many myths come from truths, and there have been multiple eye-witness accounts of…something in the forests around my hometown. My concept depicts a moonshine still in a forest hollow. Out of the swirling steam of the still rises a wolf-like creature snarling at the viewer. The light from the full moon shows the creature's form is somewhere between vaporous and solid and in the end, just like the tale of the Wolfananny, it is up to the audience to decide if this beast is one of legend, or one of flesh and bone.
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