Art And Oysters

Patricia Elaine Sabree is the product of Lake City, a small country town carved from the dark earth, located in the low country of South Carolina. Lake City is known for its amazing crop raising, dusky flatland, muddy-swamp wetland, endless fishing, surplus of snakes, and the Gullah people culture. When you observe her works, you will find them reminiscence of the deep south; fishing off the river bank or swamp land; walking barefoot in the rain; working all day in the cotton, tobacco, cucumbers, and watermelon fields; running in the blazing sun; little girls’ hair being braided; listening to the Blues or voices of Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flacks, Glades Knight and James Brown while enjoying ice cream and cake on a sunny summer’s Sunday. The neighbors from every part of town gather in conversations with an occasional courtship with her beautiful ebony sisters. These are the stories behind the paintings that shapes Sabreee’s art.