Sarah Williams skulks through dark streets in her hometown of Brookfield, Missouri, photographing buildings for inspiration for her oil paintings. These low-quality snapshots help her recreate a story of the rural America that she loves.

From these resource shots, she knows the shape of the building and location of the light source, but she adds in detail and color to showcase these buildings’ unique structures.

Recently she’s begun incorporating more residential settings into her work and experimenting with the feeling of voyeurism. She’s trying to capture the feeling that the viewer is standing on the sidewalk staring at the houses to see what is visible inside.

Her work has received positive reviews for its distinctive point of view, opening up numerous invitations for showings across the nation.

• Her oil paintings were displayed at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming, in spring 2014
• Solo show in Houston, Texas, at the McMurtrey Gallery
• Solo show at the George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles in September 2015
• Solo show at the Talley Dunn Gallery in Dallas in January 2016