In July 2013, New York based illustrator and photographer Sarah Rosado<\/strong> embarked on a new mixed-media adventure she calls \u201cDirty Little Secrets\u201d. <\/strong>A combination of art and photography, the idea for her creative dirt\u00a0collection\u00a0was inspired by\u00a0online artists who created art using food and other items. \u00a0All the illustrations are created with dirt collected from parks. Sarah uses simple tools to carefully hand-shape each creation. Once the illustration is complete, she photographs it against a white background.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to challenge myself to do\u00a0something totally different to what I was used to doing and unlike anything ever seen before.\u00a0 That’s how my dirt collection was created.\u00a0 I did the first piece and then the second and today\u00a0I’m almost reaching my goal\u00a0of 100 pieces.” explains Sarah Rosado.<\/p>\n

The selected pieces for this article shows her passion for animals, emotions, feelings and beautiful places.\u00a0 The ants for example, were magnified to show that\u00a0these tiny little creatures that live among us, unnoticed\u00a0also face our\u00a0same struggles of everyday life for survival, or the girl in the swing\u00a0representing a\u00a0carefree\u00a0and happy attitude as she swings from the tree of life and the boy sitting on the ledge of the cliff\u00a0feeling lonely or sad.<\/p>\n

“My work\u00a0is not over as I am always\u00a0re-inventing and\u00a0coming up with new ideas and\u00a0creations.” says Sarah Rosado. \u00a0She adds, “After I finish the dirt collection I will be doing something new and refreshing. I’m still in the decision making stage but am expecting that it will be as fun and challenging as\u00a0my dirt collection.”<\/p>\n

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In July 2013, New York based illustrator and photographer Sarah Rosado embarked on a new mixed-media adventure she calls \u201cDirty Little Secrets\u201d. A combination of art and photography, the idea for her creative dirt\u00a0collection\u00a0was inspired by\u00a0online artists who created art using food and other items. \u00a0All the illustrations are created with dirt collected from parks. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,182],"tags":[3327,6832,6855,6854,6853,341,6505,4925,6856],"yoast_head":"\n