Vielmetter Los Angeles is excited to present Pink Morongo, a spotlight presentation of new works by Los Angeles-based artist Sara Marlowe Hall, on view from November 22nd, 2025, through January 10th, 2026.
The artist’s recent body of work was created in residence at Merchant House High Desert in Morongo, California, and draws inspiration from the nuanced landscape of the Mojave Desert. Hall’s paintings transmute the brilliant colors, natural forms and atmospheric qualities of the desert into textured, expressive compositions.
At the center of the grouping, a large work titled Spring is Here alludes to a desert horizon with softly modeled geometric forms in shades of cream and charcoal, punctuated by earthy greens, browns, and pinks. The smaller paintings, created while the artist was healing from an injury, convey a slower rhythm and are encircled by a border of raw linen. Gestural brush strokes and planes of color converge to form impressions of a house, a skyline, and a desert garden.
For the opening reception of Pink Morongo, Sara Marlowe Hall invites her husband, musician and composer Matthew Zuk (known as Zuk Zuk), to perform a live improvised composition in response to her paintings. The performance continues their ongoing collaboration Lovers Talk, a project that investigates the intersections of solar fields, composition, scale, space, color, and texture. Zuk Zuk employs synthesized loops, a fretless baritone guitar, and a twelve-string in new standard tuning to create layered soundscapes and textured melodies that accompany Hall’s paintings, translating visual elements into sound and blurring the boundary between painting and performance.
About the artist
Sara Marlowe Hall (b. 1991) is a British mixed media artist based in Los Angeles, CA. She is inspired by landscapes from California and her travels around the world.
Hall studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany and received a BA Honors Degree in Drawing from the Camberwell College of Arts, London, United Kingdom.
Hall has exhibited work in London, Shanghai, Portugal, Leipzig, Menorca, Abu Dhabi, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. She has been invited to multiple residencies including Varda Artist Residency, Poco a Poco, PADA and Salmon Creek Farm.
“Between the trees,” 2025
Oil on linen
19 ¹⁄₂" x 24 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (49.53 x 62.86 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1004
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica WilcoxInquire
“Between the trees,” 2025
Oil on linen
19 ¹⁄₂" x 24 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (49.53 x 62.86 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1004
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“A portal into a desert landscape,” 2025
Oil on Linen
21 ⁵⁄₁₆" x 17 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (54.13 x 43.81 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1001
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica WilcoxInquire
“A portal into a desert landscape,” 2025
Oil on Linen
21 ⁵⁄₁₆" x 17 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (54.13 x 43.81 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1001
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Across the valley,” 2025
Oil on Linen
17 ⁵⁄₁₆" x 13 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (43.97 x 33.65 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1000
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica WilcoxInquire
“Across the valley,” 2025
Oil on Linen
17 ⁵⁄₁₆" x 13 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (43.97 x 33.65 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1000
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Pink Morongo,” 2025
Oil on Linen
13 ⁵⁄₁₆" x 17 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (33.81 x 43.81 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1002
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica WilcoxInquire
“Pink Morongo,” 2025
Oil on Linen
13 ⁵⁄₁₆" x 17 ¹⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (33.81 x 43.81 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #HAL1002
Signature on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Spring is here,” 2025
Acrylic, oil, mixed media on canvas
80 ¹⁄₂" x 72 ¹⁄₈" x 2" [HxWxD] (204.47 x 183.21 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #HAL1003
Signed, dated and titled on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLaneInquire
“Spring is here,” 2025
Acrylic, oil, mixed media on canvas
80 ¹⁄₂" x 72 ¹⁄₈" x 2" [HxWxD] (204.47 x 183.21 x 5.08 cm)
Inventory #HAL1003
Signed, dated and titled on verso
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane