Sally Traxler-Lavengood is a Chicago based, mixed media artist and oil painter whose work focuses around representational depictions of the human form and the human experience. She works in very large and very small scale as a way to distort and rethink recognizable images. Her paintings often depict objects of unexplained personal meaning which makes each individual's interpretations of the pieces unique to their life experiences. She sees the process of painting as a primarily physical, out-of-body practice and uses it as a way to access parts of her subconscious, feeling that her hands can articulate messages faster than her brain. Her compositions are often unplanned and form as she is painting. Her work aims to be both very personal and universal. While her pieces exhibit mainly representational depictions, her work should be as open to interpretation as abstract work.