Sarah Waiting for the Tide by Laura Bell

In our writing back and forth over the last few months, Pennsylvania-based artist Laura Bell shared how much attention she's been getting since becoming a Hot Shot last year. There's been an onslaught of interviews and posts all over the internet—thank goodness for Google Translate.

All exciting and good stuff, but, alas, a gal can't pay the rent on web traffic alone. So, we're more than pleased to present to you our third photography edition from Ms. Bell—Sarah Waiting for the Tide. Like her first two prints, Ferry from Ardrossan Harbor and Gust of Wind, Sarah is easy on the eyes, but that's not the only reason for her work's broad appeal.

For the collectors who know a little art history, it probably comes as no surprise that Laura names Vija Celmins, Nadav Kander and Jan van Eyck as artists that inspire her. She's borrowed both ideas and subject matter from all three, combining them into something that is entirely her own—especially in The Alba Series, from which Ferry and Gust sprang (and from which you are likely to see more of here). From Celmins, she takes a sense of introspection; from Kander, elegance; and from van Eyck, a certain sensitivity to light.

Whether you're familiar with Laura's references or not, Sarah invites us to take a little respite from all this seriousness to sit along the sea, and to look out instead of in.

— Sara