Sarah Cargill is an American, multi-media artist with 20+ years of background in ballet, theatre, music, and design. She brings together mixed media to express abstract reflections in paintings.

Born in England, she traveled the world at a young age and spent most of her formative years in University Place, WA. She took her first ballet class at 4 years old and spent her summers from ages 6 to 16 in all-day camps learning global dances, dance history, music, and French. As an adult, she has a passion for the arts, culture, and travel.

Today, she lives in Portland, OR with her significant other and three furry rescues. She appreciates minimalist design, street fashion, and performance arts. Travel is a way for her to explore culture, fashion, art, design, music, and food that challenges beliefs, boundaries, and comfort zones.

Sarah Cargill’s paintings are an expression of life experiences, emotion, and beauty through an abstract lens.

Sarah picked up watercolors for the first time in 2019 while rehabilitating a traumatic brain injury. Days later she began to dream in vivid paints and brush strokes. She found the meditative embrace of imperfection bleeding onto the page to be healing in a way that became a life practice.

Sarah enjoys experimenting with archival ink, watercolor, colored pencils, gold leaf, embroidery, molding paste and other mixed media on paper to create minimal and livable works of art.

“The swift and optimistic lines, the courage, the joie de vivre, a restrained and thoughtful composition, the play with the white of the paper, the echo of Japanese painting, the clever use of transparency: fascinating work on paper.”
— Víctor López-Rúa, Artist

“Sarah Cargill’s art is immediately soothing and captivating. The juxtaposition of raw, dark watercolor against vibrant gold lead highlights builds a masterfully stunning contrast. The subtle and delicate embroidery makes for a warm, bespoke, and irreplicable beauty that completes each piece elegantly.”
— Nathalie, Art Curator at The Float Shoppe

“For my husband’s 30th birthday, I commissioned custom art from Sarah Cargill and I could not be more impressed. She took a genuine interest in trying to understand me, my husband, my vision, the space, etc. She ushered me through each step of a process about which I knew nothing! Frequent check-ins ensured the final product was beyond my expectations, and she took things a step further to help with hardware, instructions, and wrapping which not only created an amazing end product, but also an amazing experience. If you’re looking for someone who will bring your vision into reality (but better), Sarah is your person.”
— Mikaela Cox, Client

Summer Art Collection at the Summer Solstice Party June 24, 2023 12-8pm at Honey, I’m Home located on 3705 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, 97227

The Serenity I Seek Art Show In Portland, OR Wednesday, November 9, 2022 to Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the The Float Shoppe located at 1515 Northwest 23rd AvenuePortland, OR, 97210

The Layers Collection Art Show in Portland, OR Wednesday, December 1, 2021 to Thursday, December 23, 2021 at Albina Press Coffee Shop located at 5012 Southeast Hawthorne BoulevardPortland, OR, 97215

The Layers Collection Art Show in Portland, OR Friday, October 1, 2021 to Saturday, November 6, 2021 at Studio Luxe located at 634 Northwest 12th AvenuePortland, OR, 97209

Marcus Metal Commission was a 30th birthday gift for a metal music lover, combining a moody rock-and-roll vibe with a minimalist aesthetic for their home.

Wedding Portraits Commission were two separate gifts for a wedding and an anniversary, leveraging couples portraits and a watercolor aesthetic.