Beyond The Cover - Sage Vaughn

I’ve been lucky enough to know Sage for years, lucky to have had the special opportunity to see works before they hit the gallery walls. And here I am in conversation with him in front of his new works, once again, a vast departure from what I have seen from Sage in previous years. There are large canvases of flowers, small drawings of skull treatments, studies in abstraction and daily tests on envelopes. They are beautiful, and Sage is candid in his new confidence. Yes, these new works are meditations on gardens and our ability to manipulate and control beauty. But other possibilities arise. These works find meaning in the patterns of personal life, the unseen mappings of our universe, and how we find ourselves connecting dots and moving forward without losing a sense of self. There is truth in this process.