Sara Jane Parsons was born in 1964 and grew up during the 60’s and 70’s, loving the art of tie-dye, batik, ceramics and macramé. All that changed when a tragic car accident occurred and at the young age of 20, Sara’s neck was broken and she was paralyzed from the shoulders down. She could no longer enjoy her creative outlets and saw her life “as a long dark tunnel stretching before her”.

Sara however, did not give up. Feeling the need to create something, she began drawing and sketching with a brush held in her mouth. She would soon realize her new passion for drawing the human form from live models, even attending figure drawing classes twice a week. Sara is also drawn to the universal organic forms found in sea shells, which she often puts to canvas. Her love affair with painting has continued and Sara mostly works in watercolor and oils to paint incredible still lifes, florals and portraiture. Sara Jane is an Associate Member of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists.

Pictured above: “American Beauity” by Parsons