Sarah Bowman
"I never begin a painting knowing exactly how it will end up. They start with the landscape and the windowsill or the table and the rest emerges later, the objects placed last, perhaps a curtain will slip in at the side as if a breeze floated in. Each element of the composition is a reaction to the last thing painted. I like to work on at a few paintings at a time so that they stay fresh." - Sarah Bowman.
"Landscape is rightly seen as the defining factor in the art of St Ives. Still Life however often accompanied landscape in terms of the window view with jug, bowl of flowers or windowsill trinket. It formed a distinct strand, epitomised in the work of Christopher Wood, Winifred and Ben Nicholson and their daughter Kate and Bryan Pearce. So influential was the soulful fusion of the domestic and outside worlds that this quintessential manner with its post cubist or faux naif affectation inspired artists well beyond Cornwall. The hugely popular work of the three Marys - Fedden, Newcomb and Potter - consciously drew on this tradition as did the work of younger practitioners Sarah Bowman and Elaine Pamphilon.
- Peter Davies, 'St Ives 1975-2005: Art Colony in Transition'
Sarah has exhibited in several one and two-woman exhibitions as well as many group exhibitions including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. In 2005 she won the Mary Fedden Award at the Royal West of England Academy.
Solo shows
2008
Wren Gallery, Burford
Ainscough Contemporary Art Gallery
2007
White Space Art, Totnes
2006
White Space Art, Totnes
2005
Ainscough Contemporary Art, Chelsea
2004
Ainscough Contemporary Art, Chelsea
Two Person Show
2007
New Grafton Gallery, Barnes
2006
Recent Works, Beside The Wave, Falmouth
2005
Coastlines, Beside The Wave, Falmouth
Selected Exhibitions
Clark Art, Hale
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Ainscough Contemporary Art, Chelsea
Beside The Wave, Falmouth
Bircham Gallery, Holt
Art From Cornwall, New Grafton Gallery
Royal West of England Academy
The Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge
Wren Gallery, Burford
Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport
Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
Broadway Modern Gallery, Broadway
John Davies Gallery, Stow on the Wold
Thomas Henry Fine Art, Dorchester and Nantucket, USA
Art Fairs
Art London
Affordable Art Fair, London
Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
Dublin Art Fair
Glasgow Art Fair
Kensington Art Fair
Chelsea Art Fair
Awards
2005
Winner of the Mary Fedden Award, Royal West of England Academy
Finalist, 2001 Noble Grossart painting prize.
