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As both a fine art painter and a digital artist, Sara Morton combines her design talents with her computer skills to create unique images.
In creating her digital designs, Morton employs the same skills she uses when making a painting or drawing. Using scanned photographs and hand drawn sketches, she builds digital collages by creatively combining elements then modifying colors, contours and shadows to get the composition that fulfills her vision. Through the use of a digital pen and tablet, the collage is then translated into hundreds of hand drawn shapes and countless layers. Each of the shapes can be carefully adjusted to the color, shade and transparency of choice. Says Morton, “On the computer, the drawing process is revolutionary and magic compared to traditional pencil and paper. The process of forming digital drawing lines is more like shaping a flexible wire. It is a virtual stained glass window that can be pulled, stretched, diffused, reshaped and re-colored. Although more time consuming than traditional drawing or painting, this method allows changes to be made cleanly, spontaneously and readily without having to start over.”
Morton also works in reverse - using collages she creates on the computer as sketches for hand painted acrylic paintings.
Sara Morton also combines her Fine Art & Digital Art making skills to design in a new art medium - robotic vitreous glass tile mosaics. Morton was commissioned to create the design for “Coastal Sails” for Children’s Hospital Boston. She transformed her digital design using (Boston-based) Artaic’s Tessera software to create the imagery, which was then fabricated by Artaic’s robotic assembly system. Morton hopes to explore this new medium further and create a series of Artaic mosaics.
Morton has designed several cityscapes and panoramic views for various locations at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Morton was also commissioned to design a Boston Red Sox Themed Cancer Treatment Room for Children’s Hospital Boston. She created customized artwork to fit the walls, cabinets, doors and floors of the room. Sara approached the project from a child’s point of view, using simple flat perspective, whimsical shapes and bold color. “The Red Sox players appear somewhat like action figures or super-heroes. I wanted to depict the strength and energy that the Red Sox bring to the game. In this way, the children can aspire to that same strength while enduring treatment” she says.
Morton has twenty years of experience making large format giclée prints for Morton Arts, Art Galleries, Art Consultants, Individual Artists and Framers.
Morton is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She received a BFA in Illustration and Communication Design, earning Academic Distinction and Departmental Honors.
Morton Arts is a successful creative studio founded in 1997 by artists James Morton and Sara Morton. Foremost, it as an online showcase to promote and sell original paintings and prints. Over the years the business has progressively unfolded into a variety of creative facets.
Morton Arts has been producing Fine Art Giclée prints for twenty years. Art dealers, galleries, corporations and individuals recognize the outstanding professional quality of their Giclée prints.
Both James and Sara (father & daughter) work together and individually on a wide array of custom and digitally designed installation projects for corporations. They are approached by art consultants and art directors who have a concept or an idea of how they would like to transform a space. They collaborate with ideas and concept compositions until a satisfactory design has been reached. Accurate measurements for the installation space are provided and custom fitted art is created. The result is a dynamic two-dimensional work of art that fully encompasses a three dimensional space. Custom works are usually printed and installed by a large format commercial printer.
Morton Arts continues to grow.
Advanced techniques, concepts and commissions unfold as new creative demands develop.
UMass Memorial Medical Center - Worcester,MA
Boston Childrens' Hospital North - Peabody MA
Liberty Hotel - Winter Pleasures Exhibit o "Family Friendly Art" - Boston, MA - 1 of 3 Artists Showing
Childrens' Hospital Boston - "Coastal Sails" Artaic Mosaic - Staff Entry Corridor- Boston, MA
Childrens' Hospital Boston - "Josh Beckett Cancer Treatment Room" - Custom Digital Mural Design - Boston, MA
Norwood Hospital - Norwood, MA
Children's Hospital Boston at Waltham, MA
Seybold Seminars Boston: Digital Art Contest & Gallery : Hynes Convention Center - Boston, MA
National Catholic Reporter : Traveling Exhibition of Top Selections from NCR's "Jesus at 2000" Contest.
Bon Secours Spiritual Center - Marriotsville, MD
Our Lady of the Snows Shrine - Belleville, IL
Catholic Theological Union - Chicago, IL
Yangtze Repertory Theater and Schimmel Center for the Arts - New York, NY
Massachusetts College of Art : Boston, MA - Four Juried Exhibitions :
Tower Gallery, President's Gallery, Bakalar Gallery
Summer Art Exhibition - Ogunquit Arts Center/ Ogunquit, ME
National Exhibition of Gold Award Winners - Corcoran Gallery of Art / Washington, D.C.
Seybold Seminars Boston - Digital Art Contest & Gallery - Winner and Exhibitor
Mass College of Art and Design - Academic Distinction and Departmental Honors
Mass College of Art and Design - Art School Excellence Award
GameWorks/ World Studio Foundation -
Scholarship and Fellowship- 1 of 8 students chosen nationally for fellowship
Mass College of Art and Design - Certificate of Excellence
For high achievement in the Studio Foundation Program
Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards
Two Gold Keys - Sculpture Award and Portfolio Nominee Award
National Scholastic Art Awards
National Gold Award : Sculpture
"CALL TO FAITH" : Grade Six
School Student Edition and Parish Student Edition
Harcourt Religion Publishers, Harcourt Inc.
Orlando, Florida - USA
Textbook featured "Jesus 2000 Digital Collage"
Page 65 School / ISBN: 0-15-901306-2
Page 61 Parish / ISBN: 0-15-901232-5
paperback 8"x 11"
"The Templar's Daughter : Tipilaea Trilogy Book One"
A fictional novel by Douglas Vincent Greenfield
AuthorHouse Publishing
Bloomington , Indiana - USA
Featured Full Book Cover Design and Illustration
Also featured Interior Chapter Header Illustration
ISBN: 1-4208-4590-X / paperback 6"x 9"
"Work : Ford Madox Brown's Painting and Victorian Life"
A Historical Narrative by John A. Walker
Francis Boutle Publishers
United Kingdom, London
Featured the painting "Sailor's Stein" and Contextual Information
ISBN: 1-903427-29-0 / hardcover
“National Catholic Reporter” Magazine
Jesus 2000 Christmas Supplement
Jesus Digital Collage featured
“Scholastic Scope” Magazine
National Public School Magazine )
Sculpture "Shim" featured on Cover
Massachusetts College of Art
Admissions Catalog
Boston, MA - USA
Aerial over Birmingham" painting featured
Massachusetts College of Art
Portfolio Open House Postcard
Illustration on front & Graphic Design on Back of Card
THE CELEBRATED GIFT, INC. - Weymouth, MA
WEBSITE & GRAPHIC DESIGNER -
Developed E-Commerce Web Site for the Celebrated Gift. Created all page layout designs and graphics (icons, logos, buttons, backgrounds etc). Digitally enhanced all gift item pictures featured on the web site and created unique graphic backgrounds for products. Programmed and customized Miva Merchant ™ shopping system for The Celebrated Gift. Also designed printed gift brochures.
MUNROE CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Lexington, MA
TEACHER -
In these classes, three different age groups of students ranging from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade learned various techniques of mixed-media sculpture construction. Projects consisted of creating backyard bugs, animals and plants out of recycled and found objects. Through this working process, students learned to recognize everyday objects that resembled organic forms; then arranged and assembled these objects in a manner that constructed a creature or plant.
UNIVERSAL CREATIVE / UNIVERSAL STUDIOS - Universal City, CA
FELLOWSHIP -
Worked with the project team for the creative aspects of the “Men In Black Alien Attack” - a revolutionary interactive ride attraction at Universal Studios Florida theme park. Collaborated with animators, designers, and character developers. Produced concept sketches, illustrations, and 3D model for conceptual development of animatronic characters.
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN - Boston, MA
ASSISTANTSHIP -
Teaching Assistant to professor Robin Wiseman in Drawing Studio Course. Aided foundation students in development of drawing techniques and skills.Contributed to class critiques.
JOYCE KILMER ELEMENTARY - West Roxbury, MA
MURAL DESIGN -
1. "Genre Tree" Mural 10' ft x 8'ft - Designed and Painted Mural
2. "Favorite Places to Read" Mural 40'ft x 9'ft - Designed, Painted and Orchestrated a mural depicting children's favorite places to read.
Composed mural scenes by digitally collaging elements from children's drawings . Orchestrated and Collaborated with selected students from grades 1-5 in the process of painting the mural.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Boston, MA
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree - Illustration and Communication Design
Graduated with Academic Distinction & Departmental Honors
Acrylic on Canvas & Linen
Oil on Canvas & Linen
Watercolor
Mixed-Media
Collage & Assemblage
Drawing - varied traditional media
Sculpture - Found Objects, Wire, Soft Foam, Clay, Sculpey, Plastilina
Fine Art Printmaking - Woodcut, Intaglio, Linocut, Lithography, Etching, Chine Collé
Collage, Montage, Illustration, Graphic Design
Hand Drawing via Wacom Tablet & Pen - "Vectorgraphs"
Adobe Photoshop - 23 years extensive experience
Adobe Illustrator - 20 years extensive experience
Corel Painter
For Morton Arts, Art Galleries & Consultants, Individual Artists & Framers
Epson Professional Media - 20 years experience
Experience in Both Mosaic Design & Tessera Software
Webflow : July 2019 to Present
Adobe Muse 2013 - 2019
Adobe Dreamweaver 2005 - 2012
Adobe Pagemill 1997 - 2004
