Photographing the magic and mystique of nature and picturesque scenes while wandering is meditative for me.  A few years ago, I began to expand my creative endeavors by combining paint, powder and wax with my photographs to enhance the mood or sense of playfulness in them.  Since broadening the scope of my creative horizons, I can't wait to get in my studio for more exploring. It is my hope that viewers takeaway a moment of wonder, humor, or intrigue/

Sally was influenced by her father who was a photographer and as a young girl learned the basics of photography using a variety of cameras including medium format cameras, polaroid cameras, instant cameras and single-lens reflex cameras. She also studied film photography right after high school at the local junior college and decades later studied digital photography at university.

Her love for making photographic images led her to eventually merge it with other mediums including cyanotype, encaustic, and printing on Japanese papers. Prior to the closing of Polaroid, she created Polaroid transfers and emulsion lifts using digital prints and Daylab equipment. Sally loves photographing nature, abandoned and dilapidated building in backroads, and travel, as well as exploring various in-camera and photo editing techniques to add mystery and humor to her images.

Sally enjoyed passing on her love for photography by sponsoring photography clubs for middle school students. A believer in lifelong learning, she continues her creative stretching by taking photography and studio art workshops, and  art history  and writing courses.

Exhibitions 

2025

Spartanburg Artist Collective/301Art Gallery and Art School, Hell and Highwater, Spartanburg, SC

Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Before and After Exhibit Tryon, NC

Ridge Gallery, Winter Show, Spartanburg, SC

The City of Greer Center for the Arts/Tryon Painters and Sculptors

Re.Imagine Gallery, Celebrate the Blues, Fairview, NC

2024

Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Tryon, NC

     Autumn Glory Exhibition

Spartanburg Artist Collective Juried Exhibition,

     Spartanburg, SC September

Salon d'Upstairs Exhibition Tryon, NC September 

Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Tryon, NC

     Revive Exhibition 

     The Story Begins Exhibition

     Road Less Traveled Exhibition

     Summer Song Exhibition

     After the Rain Exhibition

310 Art Studios and Gallery, Asheville, NC ongoing

2023
310 Art Studios and Gallery, Asheville, NC
Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Tryon, NC

2022
310 Art Studios and Gallery, Asheville, NC

2021
Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL

2019
Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL

2018
Sanford Welcome Center group show, Sanford, FL
Casselberry Art House group show, Casselberry, FL
University Place group show, Winter Park, FL
Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL

Juice N Java Cafe and Wine Bar, Cocoa Beach, FL

2017
Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL
Cocoa Beach Public Library, Cocoa Beach, FL

2016
Coastal Produce Market and Cafe, Cocoa Beach, FL
Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL
Eau Gallery Juried Exhibit, Melbourne, FL

2015
Beachside Resident Lobby, Cocoa Beach, FL
Simpler Times Market, Cocoa Beach, FL

Publications
Department of Interior Wahweap National Park brochure
Liquid Lines Newsletter
Down on the Farm Festival promotional material
Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation Photography Contest 2nd Place
Que Pasa? Puerto Rico Tourism Magazine
Travel and Leisure Online Magazine

Education
Brevard Junior College, film photography,  humanities
Rollins College, American Art, Communication, Liberal Arts, Business Administration, B.S.
University of Central Florida, digital photography, Education M.A.
Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization Certificate

Photography Workshops
National Geographic
Dan Burkholder, Digital Negatives for Alternative Photo Processing

Manuela Thames and SEC4P, Take Two: Double Exposure 

Studio Art  Workshops

University of St. Thomas, Houston,  graphic art workshop
Anna Tomczak, encaustic image transfer
Shelley Jean, encaustic monotype
Wayne Montecalvo, digital images and encaustic
Claire O'Neill, encaustic image transfer
Painting with Fire - year-long multiple master encaustic artist demonstrations
Steven Chapp, GCCA, monoprint and dry point
Deb Puretz, GCCA, collage and mixed media

Carol Funke, Tryon Painters and Sculptors, Papermaking

Photography Club Sponsorship and Education 
Grade school students
News:

Studios of Cocoa Beach Sally Auman August 2017 Featured Artist

Studios of Cocoa Beach Participant Luminous Wax Group Show January 2020