My name is Sarah Rosado. I’m an artist, photographer and illustrator from New York City. It all began for me at the tender age of five where a simple pencil became my biggest discovery in not only learning how to write letters in class, but sketching little objects into different shapes and form. Through the years drawing became my pastime and my passion. It wasn't easy. It took many long hours and sometimes weeks to perfect certain shapes and styles. It was something I taught myself to do without any formal school training. Every day was a new challenge.

When I got my first computer I transitioned from pencil to using Paint Shop. This opened up a whole new world for me. I had to learn to use the computer software while drawing in a different way using a mouse. To this day I still use paint shop along with other software programs for enhancement.

Many of the pieces of my artwork collection, amassed through the years, are inspired one way or another by my life as a New Yorker. It is a compilation of different styles of art form from humorous cartoon and female characters depicting power, attitude, resilience, the latest fashion trends as well as photographic images that raise awareness of the social issues we face on a daily basis, photographic pictures combined with art, nature and love of live.

As proud as I am of my collection I found that I was getting bored and wanted to try something entirely new and different. I had been browsing the internet and came upon several artists who were creating art with different types of mediums and objects. I was amazed to see such beautiful creations done with food, old cd tapes, nails, matchsticks and all kinds of other things. Inspired by their work, I decided to challenge myself by creating my own project using a medium that I had never seen used before; that medium was “dirt”. The decision was spontaneous. I was looking out the window and I saw the trees and “bang”, it hit me. I went downstairs collected about two pounds of dirt from the park and the rest is history. The process involved tossing the dirt on my white table with enough sunshine hitting the area where I would be working, using some shaping tools for the lines and accessories from around the house for a life like effect, deciding on the image that I would be shaping and finalizing with a snapshot of the finished product. Once the picture was taken I reshuffled the dirt and on to the next item. That is how my “Dirty Little Secrets” series was born. The project has close to 100 pieces. The entire process took about a year to finish. Many have asked, why did you name this project, Dirty Little Secrets? The answer to that is kind of funny because several people actually thought that they were going to find sexually related items.

Actually, the true meaning is Dirty, for the dirt, and Little Secrets, which relates to the viewer’s personal perception on what the image means to them. The response to this project has been overwhelming. I am really happy with the results. I receive many compliments from viewers from as far away as China, Israel and many other outlets.