by Sarabeth Clevenger

“At this point in my life, I am continuing to explore my spiritual connections, by closely observing my environment, and combining images that move me: mountains, water, rocks and light, with images suggesting mystery and wonder: Angels and Cherubim, wings and bones, death and life, and the spaces between them. Many pieces in this show are retrospective, but they fit with newer pieces on the same themes.”

About the Artist:

Sarabeth Clevenger currently lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah. For over 50 years until 2012, she lived in Abilene, where she was an early and enthusiastic Artist Member of the Center for Contemporary Art, exhibiting often. She is primarily a realist with a bent for combining natural and supernatural imagery. Her media include oil, acrylic and watercolor paint, various drawing instruments and pastels, collage and printmaking, including silk screen, intaglio and lithography with a few ventures into 3-D wall hangings in wood and fabric, After graduating from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, in 1959, Sarabeth moved to Texas. Always painting, she and husband, Frank, raised three children and tended elderly parents. Sarabeth obtained an MFA from the University of North Texas in 1993. She taught Art History, Painting and Printmaking at the three Universities in Abilene for many years.

Sarabeth has continued to exhibit her work in Salt lake City, for a time with the Watercolor Society, in community venues, and in a favorite gallery, Alpine Art and Frame, in downtown Salt Lake, Her work has been purchased by the city of Abilene, a few commercial corporations, and The Salt Lake Children’s Hospital. She is hung in many private collections, also in a few churches and schools.