Stories from the Floor series brings the overlooked into view, turning residual spills, splatters, and markings from years of painting into large-scale vignettes. For decades, Sara Carter has worked with flat canvases, allowing materials to drip, scatter, and settle across the floor. She isolates moments that feel mysteriously complete, sometimes formed months apart, each drawn from an abstract “map” shaped by time, chance, and material buildup. While rooted in the studio ritual, the paintings echo something more primal: feminine, shamanistic, channeling.

The Floor is a sub-series of Stories From The Floor; these unstretched canvases take a more immediate approach. Carter works directly on raw canvas nailed to the floor, allowing brushwork and spillage to unfold naturally. These unstretched pieces absorb each mark, becoming the floor itself. She later returns to areas on the piece that feel visually resolved, enhancing what’s already there. These works are intuitive collaborations between unconscious motion and raw material.