Sara Linda Poly lives in Arlington, Virginia. She began serious art studies when in her early thirties while living in Virginia and Maryland, where she attended college. She went on to study with various local and nationally known artists.
Poly is known for her sweeping skies and landscapes. Her work is inspired by local eastern scenes, western vistas, and other locations to which her love of plein air painting has taken her. She teaches outdoor landscape painting workshops through South Street Art Gallery.
"I have always been at home under the open sky, loving the outdoors and nature. Studying, observing and expressing this love in my art is my joy. I am taken by the subtle and dramatic changes in the weather and seasons and how they affect the quality of light. To paint the landscape is to bond with the natural world, to feel its rhythm and to sense its every form. It is like coming home."
Poly is a member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters of America, the Oil Painters of America, and Landscape Artists International. She maintains a studio in Arlington, Virginia.
