Portrait & Wildlife Artist from Allentown, PA

Sarah Karess is a multidisciplinary creative from the Lehigh Valley. She began her artistic career by attending Kutztown University for a Bachelor of Fine Arts a with concentrations in Communication Design.

Throughout the last 10 years, she has developed her daytime career as a graphic designer and advertising creative for award-winning agencies and has been regionally and nationally recognized for her art, photography, and design.

Sarah primarily focuses on realistic portraits, having traveled internationally to learn under multiple master hyperrealists. She is known not for one particular medium, but for the ability to transfer to skills from graphic and charcoal to tempera and oil and many others in-between. She has also been the lead on mural projects throughout Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Carbon County.

When Sarah isn't developing on her artistic abilities, she can be found spoiling her beloved cats, gardening, or at the drive-in movies with her loving fiancé.