SaraSue Pennell was interviewed by the LexLocal TV station about her exhibition of self-portraits, “A Life in Images, ” at the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society (LexART) that closed on October 6, 2024. SaraSue is a nationally-acclaimed pastel artist and has created a self-portrait annually since age 18. She is currently 93. SaraSue is featured at about minute 21 of this video. Click here to see the LexART notice for the event.

From the Lexington Arts & Craft Society Announcement

SaraSue was recognized by the Pastel Society of America, as their 2021 Hall of Fame honoree alongside such art world luminaries as Daniel Chester French, Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase. The exhibit will feature a lifetime of SaraSue’s self-portraits, from her early teens to the present. Her portraits done each year on her birthday — “the Annual Report” — chart her development as an artist, the progression of her life, her shifting moods, and her many, many cats. Intimate and self-reflecting, SaraSue has produced a deeply personal, important, and substantial body of work, now accessible to everyone. It is truly a privilege to be invited into her life, to share her journey, to draw hope and inspiration from her constancy and resolve.