Quiet Light: The Art of Sara Pedigo
RECPTION GALLERY
April 23-August 2, 2026
Times of Transition, oil
"The creation of my paintings begins with observation — a sustained practice of attention-giving and beauty-seeking. I am drawn to fleeting states of light and subtle shifts in color, moments that might otherwise pass unnoticed. Light, an essential condition for life, shapes every experience: it is the arbiter of color, form, space, and memory. My paintings develop slowly, accumulating over weeks and months as I record what surrounds me. It is through careful watching that these qualities reveal themselves and emerge in the form of mark, value, and color. I record the complexity of my surroundings, a conscious effort to remain present in the world. In this way, the work becomes a testament to observation itself."
— Sara Pedigo
Artist Biography
Sara Pedigo is an artist whose representational work celebrates the poetics of light and quotidian experience. She spent her childhood in the Piedmont region of South Carolina before relocating at age thirteen to northeast Florida, where she has predominantly lived and worked for more than three decades. Pedigo earned her MFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007. She currently serves as Professor of Fine Art at Flagler College in St. Augustine, her undergraduate alma mater. In her dual role as artist and educator, she maintains an active studio practice while teaching drawing, painting, and advanced studio coursework.
She has exhibited nationally in both solo and group exhibitions. Solo exhibitions include the Museum of Arts and Sciences (Daytona Beach, FL); Manifest Gallery (Cincinnati, OH); Valencia College (Orlando, FL); Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL); Furman University (Greenville, SC); College of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas, NV); Barton College (Wilson, NC); Arts on Douglas (New Smyrna, FL); and Wynn Bone Gallery (Annapolis, MD). Significant group exhibitions include the BP Portrait Award 2020 at the National Gallery in London, England, and at Aberdeen Art Gallery in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 2006, she participated in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. Pedigo is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant (2006) and a grant from the Community Foundation for Northeast Florida (2016). Her paintings have appeared as cover art for Ivory Tower: A Journal of Poetry (University of Delhi), Play Button: Poems by Liz Robbins (Cider Press Review), and Minetta Review (New York University).
