About

Bio:

Sadly Harmless is the work of Sally Harless, a full-time artist living and working in Bloomington, Indiana. Sally earned a BFA in printmaking from Indiana University in 2007, and has since been showing and selling her work in galleries, stores, and indie craft shows around the country. She co-organizes the Bloomington Handmade Market, and is a co-founder of Paper Crane Gallery. When she isn't drawing animals, she likes hanging out with her chocolate labrador, Ramsey, drinking root beer, going swimming, and playing board games with her friends.

Sally has been participating in various indie craft fairs since 2009. Notables include:

INDIEana Handicraft Exchange (Indianapolis)
Crafty Supermarket (Cincinnati)
Strange Folk Festival (St. Louis)
DIY Trunk Show (Chicago)
Detroit Urban Craft Fair

Artist Statement:

My work fuses images reminiscent of children's book illustrations with the struggles of adjusting to adulthood. My characters deal with issues of self consciousness, depression, solitude, and longing. I attempt to make images relatable in content and also aesthetically pleasing. There is almost always some kind of ailment that afflicts my characters as well as elements of humor through the use of anthropomorphism as well as cynicism. My art has become a visual diary of what happens in my world and how those things affect me. I use these characters as a vehicle to tell my own story.

Have comments or questions? Send an email to sallyATsadlyharmless.com.