Based in Los Angeles, California, Sara Graham-Costain is an eclectic contemporary artist and photographer who seeks to capture the hidden essence of every subject they engage with. Driven by a fascination with the threshold where the ordinary dissolves, their practice...
Read MoreBased in Los Angeles, California, Sara Graham-Costain is an eclectic contemporary artist and photographer who seeks to capture the hidden essence of every subject they engage with. Driven by a fascination with the threshold where the ordinary dissolves, their practice intentionally blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. To achieve this fluid narrative style, they utilize a highly adaptable toolkit focused on advanced Photoshop manipulation and experimental, in-camera techniques. Color and rich texture figure heavily as the foundational architecture of their work, serving as visceral emotional conduits.
As a neurodivergent individual and the mother of an autistic child, their unique perspective inherently shapes how they perceive and interpret the world. This neurodistinct lens fosters an innate sensitivity to sensory details, patterns, and alternative realities, fueling an eclectic creative spirit that refuses to be confined to a single style. Their portfolio seamlessly shifts between deeply human, traditional representation and unconventional, abstract imagery.
This multi-faceted approach is vividly demonstrated in their current submissions for the Arte Laguna Prize.
In Jumping Timelines, they harness the raw velocity of long exposure and intentional camera movement to dissolve urban nightscapes into a vibrant, shifting portal of parallel dimensions. In sharp contrast, their narrative portraiture, “Atticus at Rae’s Diner,” —depicting a young man in a vintage hat nestled within a 1950s diner—uses meticulous staging and authentic styling to evoke a timeless, cinematic realism. Bridging the gap between the physical and the digital, their series of three intricate digital art mandalas synthesizes organic botanical textures with hyper-saturated color palettes. These mandalas transform natural geometry into hypnotic, psychedelic meditative planes, perfectly encapsulating an ongoing artistic dialogue between the organic world, technological innovation, and the expansive human subconscious.
