From June 2020 Catalina Foothills newsletter:

Sarah Schmerl and her husband Robert, now deceased, moved from
Northern California to the CAT9 neighborhood in 1980. Robert worked for
IBM and they moved to Tucson to enable Robert to work at the then newlybuilt IBM plant off Rita Road.

Sarah is an artist who obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Scripps College in Southern California and a Master of Art Education from Stanford University. Sarah is an active member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild and the Arizona Watercolor Association.

While Sarah is primarily a watercolor painter, she has several other areas of
specialty, including mural painting and working with leaded glass. She has
painted many murals for assisted living facilities in Arizona and created 24
leaded glass windows for the Temple Beth El in Berkeley, California. Her
current focus is making ceramic garden sculptures, some of which are
displayed in her yard. Sarah is also an art teacher, which has allowed her to
travel overseas, including painting trips to various countries in Europe and
teaching at La Romita School of Art in Italy.

Sarah has an art studio at her home and opens it to the public once each
year. Keep your eyes out for road signs when this event occurs in the future,
so you can personally experience her unique art and studio.