About Sarah
Sarah Lawhorne is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist working in fine art photography and poetry. Her work explores the quiet beauty of the natural world, inviting viewers to contemplate and connect with moments of stillness in everyday life.
Fine Art Photography
Working primarily in natural landscape and still life photography, Sarah explores light, texture, form, and feeling. Whether capturing dune grass moving softly in the wind or the curves of a spring bloom, her work is an intimate glimpse into quiet moments that are often overlooked.
Not seeking the dramatic, her contemplative photography is based in observation, simplicity, and the mindful awareness of place. Each frame is a chance to notice and reflect on our surroundings and how we each relate to our environments.
Creative Process
Sarah’s creative process is influenced by contemplative practice and Zen philosophy. She believes that art allows us to find the answers we seek in our personal and spiritual lives, both in the seeing of work as well as the creative act. She is drawn to transitory moments and the space between darkness and light, motion and stillness. In this place, presence leads to flashes of enlightenment.
Though approaching each image with a previsualized idea in mind, Sarah allows spontaneity and chance to take over, staying open to what unfolds. This approach results in photography that feels timeless, singular, and quietly emotional.
Writing & Publications
In addition to photography, Sarah is an author and poet.
Photography and writing have provided a means of growth, exploration, and understanding in her life. She seeks to inspire others to see each moment with curious eyes, realizing the wonder that can be found in simplicity. Sarah believes that noticing these small instants of beauty each day can lead to a more contented life, and her work is her attempt to convey this philosophy.
Her first book, Mystery & Manifestations (2024), explores Taoist philosophy through black-and-white photography, essays, and quotations from ancient sages.
Her photography has appeared in Newport Life Magazine, F-Stop Magazine, RI Monthly, and Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design. Her haiku and senryu poetry have been published in Modern Haiku, frogpond, cattails, and other literary journals.
Through photography and writing, Sarah explores attention, presence, and the quiet intelligence of the natural world. Her work offers an invitation to slow down and see more closely.
What’s on
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Stonington Gallery, new summer exhibition
S. Lawhorne Photography Studio July Opening & Book Birthday,
July 3, 5-8pm, 47 High Street WesterlyVines and Finds at Newport Vineyard, July 21, 5-8pm
S. Lawhorne Photography Studio August Opening & Floral Collection Launch, August 7, 5-8pm, 47 High Street Westerly
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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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
Press
RI Small Business Development Center, S. Lawhorne Photography Finds Focus and Growth with RISBDC Support – RISBDC, April 16, 2026
Cleakas, “Into the Mystic” At the DeBlois Gallery – July 6-28, 2024, Newport Artists Collective, June 17, 2024
Munterich, Emmett, S=P=A=C=E Interviews Sarah Lawhorne Portrait of the Universe, Art League RI, October 26, 2022
Merritt, Cameron, South County Art Association unveils renovation, annual photography exhibition, South County Independent, May 1, 2021
Merritt, Cameron, NK SK residents take home prizes in RI NWR Photo Contest, South County Independent, September 25, 2020
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.
