Sarah Wood • Scarves of Painted Silk

utterly unique handpainted silk scarves and wall hangings

This spring my scarves can be found for sale at the Museum Store of the Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey (artmuseum.princeton.edu/) as well as at the boutique James, 21 Babbitt Road, Bedford Hills, New York (914) 514-8981.

I will not be exhibiting at any shows this spring, so if you want a scarf but are not in Princeton or Westchester, please call me at 212-662-4439 for an appointment.

A Flutter of Color

A good silk scarf is useful – esthetically, emotionally and functionally. It makes you – effortlessly - ‘dressed’. With a flip of one end of the lustrous length, you achieve moods to go out in the world or inhabit your own. You feel comfort and satisfaction, warmth or airy flutter, soft elation, color consonance and resonance . . . and the caress of the silk as it flutters when you walk.

These silk scarves are not merely good and not merely useful. Put one on and you feel like a work of art. Look! See that Sarah Wood handpainted silk scarf encircling you just below your face? See its lines of color lending grace to your frame, the pleasing patterns of colors somehow imparting a glow to your skin and eyes, and, not necessarily unseen, to your spirit? See how it makes you quite fond of that shirt, that blouse, that dress, that tee shirt, yourself!??

The handpainted silk scarves you will see here are one-of-a-kind and utterly original. They were painted with brushes full of all colors of dye and a keen sense of relationship in color and pattern. Some are intricate and some are starkly simple. The designs are ironic, romantic, surprising, classically restrained or spontaneous in bold vibrancy.

Where would you find anything remotely like that handpainted silk scarf again? It will become a small heirloom. What better gift to yourself? Or to a friend, sister, daughter or mother? Or even a brother - some of the scarves are suitable for men, and some of them would probably best be seen spread full on a wall.