“Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.” - Walter Gropius, founder and director of the Bauhaus
Mabel’s Farm Field, 2024, 11” x 14”, oil on canvas
The Bauhaus (1919–1933) was a German art school founded on the principal of the unification of art, design, and technology. The school had three primary goals: to combine art and design into a unified creative expression, to bring art back into everyday life, and to create useful and beautiful objects. According to the Bauhausian movement, art was simply an integral part of life, something that should be attainable for all.
Sarah Madeira Day is an artist and designer who embraces this inclusive Bauhausian aesthetic in her life and work. She believes that art should be part of daily life and should be accessible to all. With this in mind, she offers her straightforward paintings at affordable prices and in many formats, ranging from originals to cards and giclée prints. Through her website, she also maintains a design blog and sells an array of home décor, including items from other artists. Day believes all these objects, functional or not, should be celebrated in a life full of creative expression.
Day was born and raised in Southwest Harbor, a town on Mount Desert Island, which is home to Acadia National Park. It is clear from her work that coastal Maine runs through her veins. In Mabel’s Farm Field, Day depicts her grandmother’s Mount Desert Island land – and offers an invitation to take a summer walk through sun-dappled wildflowers, and to make art and beauty a focus in our lives.
Sarah Madeira Day can be reached through her website.