Sachelle often paints in improvised spaces or the outdoors, painting furiously until the sun no longer allows it. Using big brush strokes, thick paint, and vibrant colors, she tries not to take life too seriously but she simultaneously recognizes that the ordinary is extraordinary.
She aims to experience the sensory and visual without the filter of language. What does this moment, person or object hold without a name? By abstracting and deconstructing representation she is taking away the singularity of person and object, and relating it to the whole to create a unified visual field, and recognizing the interconnectedness of all things.
Sachelle Dae lives and works in Hawai’i where she grew up. She was classically trained in humanist realism oil painting at Studio Incamminati. Her studies include a strong repertoire of painting the human figure, portraiture and still life. Before pursuing oil painting she worked mostly in silkscreen and pen and ink drawings. She has also studied at the University of Hawai’i Maui College, Atelier Maui, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She currently exhibits her work nationally and teaches art classes.
