Sarah’s new Series. „We used to know“ is a series about a girl on a journey. A journey through herself.

She carries dreams she knows are worth protecting. Because the world is loud and fast and takes a lot without asking.

The series reminds of lightness. Of trust. Of knowing, the way kids know, that things can work out.

When I was a kid, I had a dream. A big one. And somewhere along the way, the world got loud. Too loud. And the dream got quiet. I think a lot of us know that feeling. This piece came from a moment where I decided to stop listening to the noise. A little girl, an astronaut suit, and one question painted across the canvas: who says I can’t? She’s looking right at you. She’s not asking for permission. She’s just asking — do you still remember yours?

Canvas, 150 x 200 cm = 59 x 78.7 inches

There are moments when everything sits inside you. Words, thoughts, feelings — ready. You know exactly what you would say. How it would sound. What it would mean.

But you stay silent.

Not because you have nothing to say. But because you know no one is really listening.

I grew up with chances I didn’t earn.

A family that held me. A place that was safe. People who believed in me before I believed in myself.

Not everyone gets that. And I think about that more than I talk about it.

This girl isn’t me. But she carries something of me, the part that knows what it means to need someone in your corner. She’s wearing old goggles and the sky behind her isn’t clean or bright. She’s been through things. You can see it in her face.

But she’s still looking up.

I painted her because I needed to remember that some people fight for the lightness I sometimes take for granted. And because that kind of quiet courage deserves to be seen.