Sarah Poland
www.sarahpoland.co.uk
@sarahpolandstudio
Statement:
I make work which draws upon natural elements and materials, meditation and transformation. I have always been particularly drawn to landscapes on the edge, always seeking to live within these spaces and the presence of landscape and being in it is a source of my work.
My recent paintings are also about breathing, about what we yearn for and the space which is created when being caught off guard by something and it takes us away from our physical reality for a moment. They are also about beauty.
I am always looking to source materials and to develop my creative practice more sustainably, a few years ago I began making paint using botanical colours, foraging for and growing my own dye plants. These paintings are made using sustainably sourced birch ply panels and are layered with traditional gesso which creates a beautiful surface for working on. In seeking a new paradigm for living and working, I think these paintings fit the theme Nothing has changed, everything has changed.
I am intrigued by the idea that opposites are always present and attempt to paint these contradictions. I am interested in differences of rhythm, tempo and repetition and how they produce irregularity in marks and layers. Using colour and it’s inherent instability, how it changes according to what it is next to, I look to create a shimmer, a vibration through using close tones and by using the support as light source as well as colour experience.
www.sarahpoland.co.uk
@sarahpolandstudio
Statement:
I make work which draws upon natural elements and materials, meditation and transformation. I have always been particularly drawn to landscapes on the edge, always seeking to live within these spaces and the presence of landscape and being in it is a source of my work.
My recent paintings are also about breathing, about what we yearn for and the space which is created when being caught off guard by something and it takes us away from our physical reality for a moment. They are also about beauty.
I am always looking to source materials and to develop my creative practice more sustainably, a few years ago I began making paint using botanical colours, foraging for and growing my own dye plants. These paintings are made using sustainably sourced birch ply panels and are layered with traditional gesso which creates a beautiful surface for working on. In seeking a new paradigm for living and working, I think these paintings fit the theme Nothing has changed, everything has changed.
I am intrigued by the idea that opposites are always present and attempt to paint these contradictions. I am interested in differences of rhythm, tempo and repetition and how they produce irregularity in marks and layers. Using colour and it’s inherent instability, how it changes according to what it is next to, I look to create a shimmer, a vibration through using close tones and by using the support as light source as well as colour experience.
Mysteries Unfold Outside Of Time
122 x 122cm
Botanical colour on gesso on birch ply panel
2022
122 x 122cm
Botanical colour on gesso on birch ply panel
2022