BIOGRAPHY

Sally Lamb was born in Santa Monica, CA, and earned her B.F.A. from the University of Southern California. She is a founding member of TAG Gallery in Santa Monica celebrating its 33rd anniversary. Her professional affiliations includes Watercolor West and Women Painters West.  Lamb’s work has appeared in over 80 national group exhibitions, and numerous solo shows, including her 1994 exhibition "Santa Monica Series."  Her paintings are in many corporate and private collections, including Morgan Stanley and Providence St. John’s Hospital.

Lamb’s long and diverse career spans, fine art, illustration, design, film and teaching. Her projects include large scale murals, commissioned paintings, book illustrations, storyboards presented at the Cannes Film Festival. She Co-Wrote, Produced, and Production Designed an award-winning feature film, “The Painting-The Art of Slaying”.

STATEMENT

My paintings are like visual diaries. They record my reactions to the events of my life. I search for understanding through my work and have developed a kind of personal dialogue about my past, present and future. A great deal of my work has been landscapes of my hometown of Santa Monica, California. The sky, ocean, trees, shadows, and local buildings have become icons for these explorations. The land has always been a favored subject because It echoes back to my earliest childhood spent on a farm in Oregon. My memories are filled, miles of open country and majestic ever-changing skies. Those compelling relationships between expansive space and dramatic lighting  left an indelible mark upon my creative spirit.  

Most recently, I have suffered losing my home to the wildfires in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. I hope to get back to painting the beauty of world as I see it.