Sally Lamb

About

Born in Santa Monica, California, Sally Lamb attended the local public schools and received her B.F.A. Degree from the University of Southern California. 

Her professional affiliations include Watercolor West and Women Painters West, and is represented in numerous corporate and private collections, such as Morgan Stanley, Providence St. John’s Hospital, and the Estates of Alice M. O’ Neill Avery and Betty Warner Sheinbaum. 

Her extensive work has appeared in over 80 national group shows. Gallery representations includes Terrance Rogers Gallery in Santa Monica and Palm Springs, and over eight years with the Schomburg Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.

In 1993, she was one of the six founding members of TAG Gallery in Santa Monica, Ca. TAG Gallery has just celebrated 30 years in business. She had a Solo exhibition in 1994 of 40 oil paintings titled, “Santa Monica Series”, and later did limited “Giclee” prints of 9 of those images.

Her long career has extended into many various artist venues including: Painting the large wall mural of Magnolia blossoms inside the Santa Monica restaurant, El Cholo. 

She created clothing designs for operas written and performed under the direction of Arlyn Brewster, New York Metropolitan Opera board member, in Phoenix, Arizona. 

Paintings sold for many years at The Venice Art Walk and numerous large Charity Auctions in the Los Angeles area Extensive illustrations for a children’s book called “Economy Size” was published by Goodyear- Prentice Hall. and sold internationally.

An educational film of her doing a watercolor painting and various techniques.  Produced by TimeFrame Film Co. 

Her paintings are featured in the commemorative, Bel-Air Bay Club, book celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Club in Pacific Palisades, Ca.

Two commissioned paintings for two yearly covers of the Pacific Palisades, Chamber of Commerce Business Directory. She co-wrote and illustrated a book called “Cash Under the Mattress”. A fill-in book of your important records in case of an emergency. 

Illustrations for various films presented at the Cannes Film Festival in France. 

Produced, Co-wrote and Production Designer of an Award-Winning Feature Film called “The Painting--The Art of Slaying”, Directed and Co-written by Robert Rothbard. Immanuel Productions, Presented at the 2015 New Jersey Film Festival.

Artist 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.