Pentimenti is pleased to present Chimera, the debut solo exhibition of artist Sarah Pater at the gallery.

Sarah Pater approaches her paintings as Chimeras, bringing together disparate components, often three distinct elements into a single composition, echoing the greek mythology hybridity of the Chimeras.

At the core of Pater’s practice is an investigation into the quiet value of time, understood as presence, perception, or subtle spaces of distraction within contemporary life, where boredom and attention often blur. Her paintings unfold slowly, both in their making and in their viewing, guided by self-imposed systems that structure an extended meditation on stillness, attention, and the act of seeing. Through recurring motifs such as windows or desks, Pater constructs visual spaces in which clarity is suspended, allowing meaning to emerge gradually through careful and repeated observation.

In Chimera, Sarah Pater’s recent paintings move between the everyday and the ceremonial, assembling fragments of objects, landscapes, and the passage of light. Her color shifts from hidden to familiar tones, then to the felt and uncanny, creating compositions that emerge slowly, revealing their quiet intensity over time.