Engaging audiences through the mesmerizing eye contact central to her work, Sarah Hillock’s powerful and eloquent portraiture seeks to challenge the apathy often surrounding the everyday encounter, be it with animal or fellow human. While majoring in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Sarah received the Libby Steinbeck Alterger Award for Excellence in Figurative Studies. Her work has since been included in exhibitions nationwide and is part of the permanent collection at the Rooms Provincial Art Gallery. Sarah seeks her subjects in fields, farms, and remote areas worldwide. Residing in Toronto, she is currently focused on a new series of Polar Bear paintings addressing the themes of climate change and conservation. Observed in the language of compassion and connection, combining her signature theme of classical realism with an impressionistic and abstract aesthetic.