10/24/2026 Pet Portrait Workshop at Addison Art Guild's Location in Addison Trails High School from 12:30-2:30 PM with Sarah M. Johnson

Lynne Kornecki

Oct 5

1 min read

Sarah will supply the pet image that could be similar to this, as the reference to follow.

Tickets are $40 for members, $45 for nonmembers. Attendees are to bring an 11x14” canvas, acrylic paints, brushes, container for water, and paper towels. Sarah will supply the image to paint from.

Location: Addison Trail High School Door #4 (north parking lot), Forum Room B, 213 N. Lombard Rd, Addison, IL 60101

Sarah M. Johnson is an oil painter and occasional watercolor/gouache painter of landscapes, portraits, and florals in a realism style with expressive and painterly elements.

Her pet portraits emphasize the eyes, bringing the viewer into their personalities and characteristics, as well as play with the light and shadow of the figure with the color and energy of the brush strokes.

Sarah’s most popular commissions are pet portraits; however, she also has been commissioned to paint house portraits, people, and landscapes. She also paints live at weddings/live events, as well as bridal bouquets.

Imperfection is accepted here in Sarah’s paintings, communicating to the viewer that you don’t have to be perfect to be beautiful, nor do you have to be perfect to be loved and admired. Her hope is to have the audience be in awe and wonder, to be inspired, to feel connected, feel alive, feel healed, and not feel alone.