Sarah Lawhorne is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the quiet beauty of the natural world through fine art landscape photography and poetry. Her images invite viewers to pause, breathe, and reconnect with moments of stillness often overlooked in everyday life.
Working primarily with natural landscapes, Sarah captures subtle shifts of light, texture, and atmosphere that reveal nature’s quiet presence. From mist rising over water to the gentle movement of grasses in the wind, each photograph reflects a deep attention to the small details that shape our experience of place.
Her creative process is deeply influenced by contemplative practice and a belief that art can create space for reflection. Rather than chasing dramatic moments, Sarah focuses on authenticity—those fleeting, peaceful scenes that exist between motion and silence. The result is a body of work that feels both grounding and timeless.
Sarah’s photographs have been featured in juried exhibitions throughout New England and have received recognition for their ability to evoke emotion through simplicity and restraint. Many of her works are available as limited edition fine art prints, carefully produced on archival materials to preserve the integrity of the image.
Collectors, nature lovers, and those seeking meaningful artwork for their homes and spaces are drawn to Sarah’s ability to translate the quiet rhythms of nature into visual form.
Explore the gallery to discover landscape photography that celebrates stillness, presence, and the enduring beauty of the natural world.
About Sarah
Sarah Lawhorne is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist who specializes in alternative and analogue photographic processes, as well as writing and poetry. A lifelong lover of photography and the written word, with a long-time interest in Taoist and Zen thought, Sarah fuses her spirituality with her art practice. Based in Rhode Island, Sarah travels the northeastern United States, and beyond, honing her craft. As a practitioner of Zen, she believes in the power of the quiet moments of life, in the peace and stillness that can be found in the Now, and much of her work is focused on this ideology.
In 2023, she completed an artist residency with Orein Arts in upstate New York. She has shown in numerous juried exhibitions around Rhode Island and the greater New England area, and is represented by Stonington Gallery in Connecticut and Candita Clayton Gallery in Rhode Island (and beyond).
fine art photographer • author • poet
Author & Poet
Sarah’s first book, Mystery & Manifestations was published in 2024. The book contemplates the core concepts of Taoism with over 50 black and white photographs, quotes from ancient sages, and essays about the work.
She has had work published in Newport Life Magazine, F-Stop Magazine, and Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design. Her haiku and senryu poetry has been published in tsuri-dōrō, Modern Haiku,Failed Haiku, Prudence Dispatch, frogpond, and cattails. Photography and poetry have provided a means of growth, exploration, and understanding in her life. She hopes to inspire others to see the greater truth that is all around us, and to discover the peace that we all carry within ourselves.
More about Sarah
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Mystery & Manifestations, self published 2024
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Stonington Gallery, Stonington, CT, 2024-Present
Candita Clayton Gallery, East Greenwich, RI, 2026-Present
Charlestown Gallery, Charlestown, RI, 2024-2025
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Owl & Dove Solo Exhibition - May 2026 with an opening on May 7
Hoppy Spring with Field of Artisans, The Guild, May 9, 12-6pm
South County Art Association, “Members Invitational,” May 21 - June 13
S. Lawhorne Photography Studio Grand Opening, June 5, 5-8pm
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South County Art Association, “Photography Annual,” March - April, 2026
House of Waves, “Double Negative II,” November - December, 2025 - Newport, RI
House of Waves, “Bar Napkin Art Show”, August - September 2025 - Newport, RI
South County Art Association, “Photography Annual,” March - April 2025 - Kingston, RI
South County Art Association, “Paint, Print & Drawing,” February - March 2025 - Kingston, RI
Galatea Fine Art, “Blueprint of Imagination,” February - March 2025 - Boston, MA
South County Art Association, “All Media I,” January - February 2025 - Kingston, RI
DeBlois Gallery, “Into the Mystic Group Exhibit,” July 2024 - Newport, RI
Bromfield Gallery, “Mirrors and Windows Onine Juried Exhibit,” May - June 2024 - Boston MA
Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, “Regional Exhibit,” April 2024 - Westerly, RI
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, “Pawtucket Foundation Show,” March - April 2024 - Pawtucket, RI
South County Art Association, “Photography Annual Exhibit,” March - April 2024 - Kingston, RI
South County Art Association, “Go Figure,” June -July 2023 - Kingston, RI
Artist’s Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, “Regional Exhibit,” May 2023 - Westerly, RI
South County Art Association, “Photography Annual Exhibit,” March-April 2023 - Kingston, RIArt League RI, “SPACE: Suggesting Photographic Aspects of Creative Expression,” October 2022 - Pawtucket, RI
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, “Dark and Light,” May-June 2022 - Pawtucket, RI
Artist’s Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, “Regional Exhibit,” May 2022 - Westerly, RI
Warwick Center for the Arts, “Outside In,” March-April 2022 - Warwick, RI
South County Art Association, “Photography Annual,” February-March 2022 - Kingston, RI
Wickford Art Association, “Photography Exhibit,” February-March 2022 - North Kingstown, RI
South County Art Association, “All Media II Exhibit,” October-November 2021 - Kingston, RI
South County Art Association, “Annual Photography Exhibit,” April-May 2021 - Kingston, RI
Wickford Art Association, “National Photography Exhibit,” October-November 2020 - North Kingstown, RI
Wickford Art Association, “Art of the Ocean State,” June-July 2020 - North Kingstown, RI
Where Art Meets Spirit
Writings about the art world, including film and camera reviews, practical advice for creatives, behind the scenes stories, and personal reflections on life and art.
