Biography
Born in Edinburgh in 1984 Sarah graduated in 2007 with a BA (HONS) in Printmaking from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. Since graduating the Artist is now based in Edinburgh and continues to produce work from her studio at the Art’s Complex.
Primarily a Printmaker, Sarah uses a wide variety of sources, including film, literature, text, photography and found imagery as inspiration and components within her practice. Often using prints as an initial starting point, a history is built through layering, obliterating, re-working and re-printing on to new surfaces. These pieces frequently evolve into a more collage-type format but still rely heavily on the fundamentals of traditional printmaking.
As well as utilising other mediums as inspiration she is particularly interested in the process involved in creating art and often incorporatessketchbook pages, preparatory studies and notations in her final outcomes showing a tangible journey from initial idea to finished piece housed within the one image. Through this Sarah aims to develop a better understanding of personal choices and why certain aesthetic decisions are made in the production of her work.