CONSIDER THIS | Sarah Spackman ROI RBA

  07 - 28 September 2024

Open: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm  (Sunday | Monday by Appointment) 

  Opening Reception, Saturday 7th September 2024, 12 - 6pm

  Artist Spotlight, Sunday 8th September 2024  2 - 4pm: Q & A with artist alongside exhibition.

Tregony Contemporary presents an exciting exhibition of new Still Life paintings this Autumn by the contemporary figurative painter Sarah Spackman ROI RBA. It is a stunning collection of over thirty new oil paintings each with its own unique quality and beauty.

Strength of drawing and the delicate and subtle use of colour are two of the main qualities recognised in Sarah’s  work. The considered setting up of a still life is a crucial part of the process.  Sarah focuses on the objects themselves, how they relate to each other and the space in which they sit. When painting she  pursues the development of the these relationship through constant looking, contemplating, redrawing and colour adjusting.

Ideas for paintings come from things she has read or seen, much-loved objects from the house or studio, or flowers from the garden. She has become well known for her still life paintings which are, in essence, landscapes. The eye travels around the table top encountering objects that inhabit the space, they are discovered and the space around them explored. The close observation of the objects gives them weight and substance. They become characters inhabiting a landscape, sometimes as groups and at other times as individuals. More recently conventional perspective is often discarded in pursuit of a greater understanding of the way the eye travels across the surface.

Sarah works mainly in oils and her use of pale and muted colours show the influence of Morandi. The surface of the canvas is developed with many thin layers of paint, she makes her own primer with egg, oil and titanium white pigment, which adds greater luminosity to the subtle colours used. Sarah's work has been selected for both the Discerning Eye and the Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition since 2010 and her work is in public and private collections. 

She is member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists.

“ I am often inspired by the specific beauty of an organic form be it a nasturtium picked from the allotment or a particularly handsome fig at the market. My way of expressing my response to these objects is through drawing and painting.”

Gallery owners Judi and Brian Green, founders of Tregony Contemporary, said:

‘We are thrilled to present Sarah’s second solo show with us in our new gallery space. Her paintings are quiet in their presence but nonetheless  powerful and engaging to the viewer’.

Gallery: 11 Bohella Road, St Mawes, Cornwall TR2 5DL

 For sales and artwork information please contact Brian Green hello@tregonycontemporary.com