Sara Shields is a Toronto-based visual artist specializing in drawing and painting. Her figurative practice is rooted in emotional reflection and feminist inquiry, reclaiming the feminine form from restrictive narratives and placing it within a timeless, shared present.

Through expressive mark-making and an embrace of imperfection, her work honours vulnerability as a site of strength, connection, and collective healing.

Inspired by Toronto’s green spaces, including its ravines, shorelines, and flora, Shields’ work weaves the feminine body into the natural world, reflecting shared systems of vulnerability and strength. These drawings and paintings affirm feminism as a practice of care, reciprocity, and connection, where bodies and landscapes exist in relationship rather than isolation.