I grew up in Wild Cove, White Bay, a Newfoundland outport on the north central coast with a population of fifty people. My work is an ode to rural communities across the province and a hope for a thriving future in the places we were always told we would have to leave.

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Sabrina Pinksen is a writer and painter from Wild Cove, White Bay. Her written and visual work operates to challenge the erasure of Newfoundland’s outport communities. In 2024, her first novel was awarded the Percy Janes First Novel Award and the NLCU Fresh Fish Award. Her work has appeared in Riddle Fence, Horse Shoe, and Newfoundland Quarterly. A grantee of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Sabrina’s visual work has been supported by ArtsNL and collected by the City of St. John’s and The Rooms Provincial Art Bank. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph..

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Behold my first completed painting since becoming a mom. I started this sandwich when I was 38 weeks pregnant and genuinely thought I could finish it before my baby arrived! How delusional! Aubrey is now almost 6 months old and I’ve had to read
I have a 9 week old baby at home and haven’t yet found a long enough stretch of time to sit down at a painting so I’m resharing some older work. Previously called “Fruit Loops” I’m thinking of a new title for this piece,
This painting just returned to my studio after living at my parents house for the last couple of years. As is often the case, I remember not caring too much for it after finishing it but after a long break, I’ve found a bunch of things to love
My dad Larry was born on a Friday 13th and he’s almost died a dozen times. He’s fallen off roofs and had car accidents and ski-doo accidents and a tree fell on him once. People sometimes refer to him as the man they couldn’t kill. M
Pleased as punch to tell you that “Trout River” is being acquired by the Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Art Bank. This painting was so well loved by all of you. It was also an absolute delight to paint. I love that the pieces in t
Last Sunday at 39 weeks pregnant, I went to a poetry reading and book launch at The Ship and then went home, went to bed, and almost immediately went into labour. 24 hours later, in the small hours of December 2nd, Aubrey Lawrence Masters was born. I
STUDY SPOTLIGHT // studies have slowly become a big part of my practice, allowing me to work faster and looser as I think through a painting. One of my current challenges is that I often find I’m a lot happier with the study than I am with the