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.
She is influenced by the notions of nostalgia and sentimentality, trying to create images that explore the links between emotion and memory. Sarah wants people to view her work and it to trigger personal episodic memories without the images themselves being quirky or cliche and instead being evocative and cinematic in feel. For this reason she likes ambiguity and suggestion.
Sarah’s work houses a broad spectrum of subject matter, including; landscapes, architecture, interiors, objects, distortions or concepts. She turns to film, literature and the past for inspiration, often finding beauty in the most unintentional/unconventional settings.