Sara Jahn (b. 1989) is a contemporary realist painter from Champaign, Illinois. She received her BS in Painting from the University of Illinois in 2012. Her work takes major influence from the Dutch Golden Age, religious imagery, symbolist landscapes, and the intense drama of the Italian Baroque. She utilizes modern materials and subject matter, often drawing on themes of war, consumption, and the transience of human life. 

 

She lives and works in Champaign, Illinois with her husband and two young sons.