Artist Statement

Those liminal spaces in life and relationships where it is difficult to understand or realize where you should be. From teenager to adult, completing your education and finding a job, having children.  My drawings have always been about those grey areas. The lines of my drawings join to create an anthill hierarchy of the human figure. Thoughts and ideas taken from real life as a mother, wife, teacher, and friend, I follow the stories that are all around me. My drawings often include actual happenings and big news items as they may relate to me but always in the grey areas. I carefully consider the female archetype and how it became part of my drawing and what characters populated my version of history. I am constantly protesting and proclaiming my message with my work and asking “Why do we do art?” For me it’s that story memorializing love, loss and imperfection in the various chapters we pass through.

Sally Dion’s  multimedia practice focuses on the extraordinary and ordinary moments in life..  She documents the news of everyday life both on a personal level and global level.  Marginalized figures and narratives taken from art, history, and literature in particular. The artist explores the roles and expectations placed on women. Female archetypes—from goddesses to madonnas—fill her monotypes, drawings and fabric sculptures

Artist Bio

Born in Maine and living in New Hampshire, Sally attained both her BFA and MFA at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.  She teaches printmaking at the Essex Art Center Lawrence and Middlesex Community College in Bedford MA

Her studio at 599 Canal in Lawrence MA is where she accesses a printing press and creates the majority of her work surrounded by like minded artists.