Artist Statement

I have been documenting life for decades with my camera, always with a focus on the natural world. A few years ago I started using my photographic library to create composited images. I create poetic landscapes that exist in my mind using elements from several different images to layer and blend, and create a final piece that is based in reality, but doesn't really exist. Sometimes combined with verse, I create visual stories that touch on basic and universal emotions. Much of my work features birds and trees, two elements that I adopted as my personal symbols after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010.

Biography

Sara Harley is a photographic artist based in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Sara creates images to illustrate a range of emotions, from dark and brooding to light and inspirational. She has held several solo exhibitions over the past few years, and participated in many group exhibits. Her work has been published in magazines and books, feature articles in Canadian and UK photography magazines. She has created cover art for books by Margaret Atwood and Isabelle Allende, as well as for several Canadian art magazines.