the artist

Sarah is a local Hackney based artist inspired by her walks around the Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes. Her paintings document paths taken and colours emerging over the changing seasons. Balancing fine painterly detail with loose gestural mark-making, Sarah enjoys exaggerating her colour palette and infusing her source images with vibrancy and energy - bringing a fresh approach to contemporary landscape painting.

the story

Returning to the graffiti-covered entrance of the Middlesex Filter Beds by the canal in Clapton - the same spot that inspired her original ‘Love NHS’ painting - Sarah was inspired to create a smaller, more intimate response to this quietly powerful place.

Over the time the graffiti would continue vanishing and reappearing, often in slightly different forms, suggesting it meant a great deal to whoever was creating it. Sarah was drawn to the message and wanted to paint it - not just because she appreciated the sentiment, but also because it served as a reminder that even in the stillness of landscape, the world leaves its mark. She found herself wondering who was behind the graffiti: who cared enough to keep coming back, painting and repainting their message of support? The mystery of the anonymous artist became part of the work’s story.

the artwork

This is an original oil painting on linen, framed in a beautiful natural wood tray frame measuring 53 x 53 cm.

delivery

Please contact elina@artsnug.com for a courier quote. The artwork is free to pick-up from our Clapton Gallery.