About Me

Sabrina Squires Art

Layers are a theme in my work, which begins with a layer of altered National Geographic pages and builds through coats of ink, charcoal, and acrylic paint. I discovered this technique during a college assignment and fell in love with the way mixed media interacted with paper.   Mixed media allow me to explore the vibrant hues, varying textures, and organic lines  found in nature.  I am an avid backpacker and love to immerse myself in the beauty found in the mountains.  The symbols of nature and the formal elements of art become vehicles through which I can explore spiritual concepts, whether simple or complex.

Sabrina Squires showed interest and was supported in art from a young age, filling sketchbooks starting at age 3 and publicly displaying and gaining publicity by age 8 .  She moved to Utah to earn a BFA in Studio Arts, Emphasis in Painting, from Brigham Young University.  She enjoys painting daily in her studio and participates in the local art scene as well as national and international art competitions.  She is widely published in several magazines and regularly seeks opportunities to share her work online and in person.  She enjoys the outdoor scene Utah offers to its residents and spends much of her time hiking both the Wasatch and High Uinta ranges, allowing her experiences to inform her artwork.  She also enjoys her position as the art specialist for Noah Webster Academy, where she teaches over 500 students.   Her first art-teaching job was in the Dominican Republic, where she learned Spanish from the children she taught.  She still uses that skill in her teaching today, since a large number of her current students are from Central and South America and are in the process of learning English.