Solo
exhibitions include:
Open Studio, Wimborne, (part of Dorset Arts Weeks) 02/2004
The Brompton Gallery, Southampton 1999
St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate, London, (part of
the
City of London Festival of Arts) 1998
East Dorset Heritage Centre, Wimborne, Dorset 1995
Mixed
exhibitions include:
The Primrose Gallery, Northampton, 2004
Tim Andrews Gallery, Woodbury, Devon 2004
The Hayloft, Christchurch, Dorset 2004
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, Wiltshire 03/2004
Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art, London 03/2004
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Bristol, London 02/03/2004
Wessex Fine Arts, Wareham, Dorset 2003
Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury, Wiltshire 2003
Artcare, District hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire 2003
Wills Art Warehouse, Fulham, London 02/2003
The Bristol Art Fair, Bristol 2003
The Four Seasons, Wimborne 01/02/2003
Rostra Gallery, Bath, 2002
The Handel Gallery, Devizes, 2002
The Gallery, Dorchester (SCA) 2002
The Mariners Gallery, (A Bunch of Fives) St. Ives 99/00/2002
The Postcard Exhibition, (SCA) Sherborne 2002
Wessex Fine Art, Wareham 2002
Bridport Open, Bridport 01/2002
Sherborne House, Sherborne (SCA summer prog.) 2001
Aspects of Art, Bournemouth 2001
The Orchid Gallery, (Good Impressions) Lymington 1998
National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 1998
Having specialised in printmaking at college, Sarah
finds the diversity of this medium perfectly suited
to her temperament, requiring a methodical yet creative
nature. Describing herself as a pure printmaker, Sarah
has played with a range of other media but feels that
the specific qualities of print, the definition of its
processes combined with the potential for spontaneity
and mark-making, allow her the best opportunity to explore
her interest in the ambiguities of vision. Concentrating
on the rhythms and patterns of connecting parts through
still life and landscape, she attempts to capture the
complexity of spatial awareness.
Sarah has worked through a variety of printmaking techniques
including etching, lino and screen-printing but has
recently taken to working almost exclusively with collagraphy.
This technique requires the construction of a collage
block using applied materials such as corrugated card,
fabric, tissue and salt. Once the block has been sealed
with varnish it can be inked up and taken through a
press to produce highly textural prints. The nature
of this process limits the reproduction to small hand-inked
print runs of around 10-20.
In
her latest series’ entitled Textural, Sarah pushes
this technique to its limits combining the use of multiple
blocks and overprinting with a vibrant handling of colour
to create beautiful yet intriguing pieces. With a love
of experimentation and the infinite potential of this
print technique her work is constantly evolving.