About Sara Gilbreath
Paint, pyre & a little personality
Meet the Beaverton artist behind Paint & Pyre: pet portraits, vivid paintings, small curios and artwork burned into wood.
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Sara Gilbreath
Through vivid, surreal, and kitsch-inspired paintings, I explore the tension between sincerity and satire. My work transforms emotion, humor, and the grotesque into rich visual storytelling.
She works out of Beaverton, Oregon, sells at markets around Portland, and takes commissions year round. The name is literal. Paint for the canvases, pyre for the wood burning.
More about Sara and her work ↗The name is literal
On canvas, on paper, in wood
Paint & Pyre brings several kinds of work together. There are commissioned pets and people, colorful original paintings, watercolors, small objects and pyrography. Paint is the color on a surface; pyrography is an image burned into wood.
A portrait commission starts with somebody else's subject. The originals leave room for Sara's surreal and kitsch-inspired imagery. The gallery holds both, with paintings, small work, card art and woodburning in their own rooms.
Spend some time in the gallery ↗
Made in Beaverton
A local artist, an open conversation
She works out of Beaverton, Oregon, sells at markets around Portland, and takes commissions year round. The name is literal. Paint for the canvases, pyre for the wood burning.
Visit the markets page for the best way to find current appearances, explore a standard pet portrait in the shop, or email Sara about an idea that does not fit a listing. There is no need to know the right art terminology to start a conversation.
Find the work in person ↗One ongoing collection
Feline Familiar Tarot
A full tarot collection made from 78 real cat commissions is another part of Sara's practice. The deck page brings together sample cards, the structure of the collection and how to ask about its current progress.
Meet the cats behind the cards ↗Something of your own?
Choose a portrait from the shop, or tell Sara about the piece you have in mind.