The Nature of Decay is the theme of Sarah's work. How we treat our ruins directly reflects on the way we treat our people, animals and other living things as a whole. Sarah strives to be able to show the beauty of the nature of decay through its cyclical repeating nature in the capturing of what she terms as American City Ruins, Alternative and Industrial Models, and the Beauty of Nature. Each of these is just a beginning in a circle of decay that then leads back to life once more. We are part of the world for but a little while and in the capturing of a picture we freeze in time that which is important to us. Preservation of nature's creatures as well as nature itself. Beauty can also be found in various depictions of the form creating a temporary but lasting image which displays for that moment exactly what beauty that particular model has/had.

All life is a succession from birth to death to decay to birth again. For all things are temporary, we revel in that which is captured in the singular moment. Life is found in the nature of decay.

Sarah Sertic started out in the arts at an early age. She started attending classes at the Corcoran College of Art and Design at age 13 for their summer arts program for middle school and high school students. She developed her skills in the fundamentals of art, but found that she was enthralled with the photographic process from her first film camera class at the Corcoran at the age of 14. During that time she learned, composition, darkroom processing, printing and enlarging, via the use of a 35 mm film SLR. Yet, in the back of her mind there was always this needling that there could be something better, less destructive towards the environment.

She did not learn about eco-friendly photography techniques until she started to attend school once more in 2010. At the Art Institute of Washington then subsequently Northern Virginia Community College she cultivated her love for all things photographic. She found that through different printing practices especially eco-friendly printing she could attain those goals she first sought after in high school. Sarah now strives to be able to take that dedication to the environment and apply it to everyday business practices. She has created a paper free office that digitally services all customers in all aspects of her photographic business. She uses only Hahnemeule Fine Arts Prints made from Bamboo. She supports the local economy by only buying from local framers. Sarah hopes that she can help be the change that the world needs one photograph at a time.

At this present time Sarah's art spans a myriad of types and genres from nature photography to what she terms American City Ruins. There is such beauty found all, from small turtles released on the beach to the decay and withering of old buildings. Sarah's work tries to portray the artistic aspects of each of these subjects with a gentle and delicate hand. Sarah uses a very limited amount of editing and believing in capturing the beauty of each individual frame with a limited amount of tampering with the subject. She still also enjoys the technical aspects of the dark room and alternative processing to this day. All prints are limited edition signed with archival ink and can be unframed, matted, and matted and framed. Contact Sarah at the provided phone number or e-mail for further sizing and print options. More images can be found at Tribal Spider Arts Sarah is available for mentoring in photographic technique, printing, and editing processes by appointment. She can be contacted at 703-380-5905 and sarah@tribalspiderarts.net for scheduling various types of photographic projects.