Sarahjane Bernhisel
That's "Sarah" + "Jane" + "burn-high-sull" for anyone that looks up at my name and gets a bit intimidated! I often sign my work with a simple "SJB" though.
I am a plein air painter and illustrator with a BFA in Animation from the Academy of Art University currently living in Oakland, CA. I love playing with color and pattern, and am heavily inspired by the nature from my home state of Utah and where I live now in California. I primarily use gouache and oils for my paintings, and dabble in printmaking as well.
Professionally, I have worked on projects involving mobile applications and interactivity, visual development for animation productions, products for consumer brands, scientific exhibits, surface design, and personally make high quality greeting cards, stickers, prints, paintings, and other physical products that I sell via my Etsy store or in my physical gift shop, Bay-Made.
Bay-Made is an Oakland, CA brick-and-mortar retail store located on busy Lakeshore Avenue, right next to Lake Merritt. I am grateful to have found a way for now hundreds of Bay Area makers and businesses to connect with customers that would like to support their local economies in a designated location while maintaining exceptional quality.
PUBLICATIONS, SHOWS, AND FEATURES:
21st Annual Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout 2026
"En Plein Air" at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts
“How Are You Managing Giftflation This Holiday Shopping Season” on KQED Forum 12/2025
"Oakland’s Bay-Made features arts and crafts by local creatives" The Oaklandside
"Pawsibilities Unleashed: A Pet Portrait Exhibition" at the Walt Disney Family Museum November 2023 - March 2024
Disney's Big City Greens "Virtually Christmas" S3E20 - Disney+
"That One Time: Double Vision" Climbing Magazine