About Sallie
Sallie has had a thirty-year career as an artist, finding time to intermix her painting and drawing with the demands of a large and active family. She began her career as an art director for Norcross Greeting Cards (New York City), where she purchased artwork and directed one of the art studios. Frequently, her own work was incorporated into the various card lines!
Sallie’s great strength as an artist lies in her drawing ability, her zestful use of color, and the wide range of subjects that interest her. Aside from the popularity of her work, her staying power can be explained by her disciplined, businesslike approach, and her careful attention to delivering commissions on time.
Her most recent collection shows highly stylized women (and a few men) from a gilded, more fashionable era far more formal than our lives today. She mixes her sense of design and subject matter often with the vibrant use of color in hopes to woo the viewer towards a world of contentment. Sometimes a small animal will be camouflaged within the piece.
In addition to private owners of her work, pieces by Sallie are owned by Honda, UBS Financial (formerly Paine Webber), National City Bank, Merrill Lynch, and several medical practices.
A published author, Sallie is a member of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She’s also a member of Americans for the Arts.
Sallie, having been widowed at a very early age, cherishes life. She views life as a gift of which every moment should be savored. She is blessed with five great children, including 29 year-old triplet sons, an amazing first grandchild, Sam, a beautiful daughter-in-law and a wonderful husband, all of whom continuously inspire Sallie in her work. Ani, Sallie’s late twelve-year-old golden retriever continues to serve as a constant reminder of how precious life and loyalty are in this world today.
Career Highlights
- “Whimsical Animals”—a series of four limited edition prints published by the National Wildlife Gallery, Ft. Myers, Florida.
- Paintings of endangered species displayed in a one-woman show in the Short North Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
- Paintings of wildlife and endangered species chosen for a National Juried Show at Great Southern Hotel, Columbus, Ohio.
- Commissioned to design the first official poster for the Dublin (Ohio) Arts Festival.
- Commissioned to design Worthington, Ohio poster for arts festival.
- Paintings of wildlife selected for a one-man show at Jacobson’s in the Columbus (Ohio) City Center.
- Introduced a series of American Indian designs and paintings at a one-woman show.
- Introduced the book Brave Star and the Necklace of Land of The Moons with the accompanying posters at the Charlevoix Art Show in Michigan.
- Showed Indian and wildlife art for four consecutive years at the prestigious juried Waterfront Art Festival, Charlevoix, Michigan.
- Brave Star was nominated for parent-teacher book award.
- Published a series of limited-edition prints of American Indian subjects for galleries in Sedona, Arizona.
- Selected, along with Peter Maxx, as commissioned artist for Ameri-Flora ‘92. Produced five prints and a selection of cards and T-shirts.
- Created a panda poster with matching T-shirt commissioned for the Columbus Zoo’s 1992 panda exhibit and the 1998 atoll exhibit. Produced two posters for the giraffe exhibit.
- Commissioned to produce The Kid Works line for Bath and Body Works division of The Limited. The line included a signed poster, five perfume and bath bottles as well as other products.
- Took leave from the design world to take a journey of care for her father—an Alzheimer’s victim. Since then has served on two boards seeking to establish improved Alzheimer’s facilities in Central Ohio. Planning a 25-painting charity show to raise funds for a proposed state-of-the-art facility.
- Commissioned to produce paintings for the Babe Zaharias Cancer Society Golf Tournament. Broke auction sales records in both 2006 and 2007.
- Gallery show of only original artwork at Caterina’s LTD, Columbus, Ohio, from June 2008 - February 2009.
- Below is a list of the originals offered as limited edition giclee prints that sold in 2008-2009. The originals sell only in shows and not off of my site. All these originals may be printed with the collector’s consent. Sallie thanks these collectors for their loyalty.