Paint Me!, 2014
(and signed copy of book)

Sarah Frances Hardy

Gouache on paper

Framed: H. 16¼; W. 25¼"
Unframed: H. 8½; W. 16"

About the Artist

With a juris doctorate cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law, a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Davidson College, and subsequent studies at Parsons School of Design in New York and Paris, Sarah Frances Hardy took an early retirement from practicing law to paint and write full time.

Hardy's paintings are characterized by vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes. She has exhibited her work in galleries throughout the Southeast, as well as at a gallery in Soho. Her corporate clients include Steve Wynn, who purchased several of Hardy's paintings for the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Most recently, Hardy has redirected her creative juices towards writing and illustrating books for children - picture books as well as middle grade and young adult novels.

Her first book Puzzled By Pink, which she both wrote and illustrated, was published in 2012 by Viking Children's Books. Her next book Paint Me!, about a girl who begins the day painting a portrait of her dog and ends up painting everything she comes across, was published by Sky Pony Press in 2014.

Her newest release Dress Me!, about a little girl who dresses up in lots of different costumes trying out lots of different careers, was published in 2015 by Sky Pony Press.

Hardy lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with her husband, John, and their two daughters.

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