Sarah graham artist biography
Sarah Graham was born in Edinburgh in Between and she completed two MA&#;s at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art in History of Art and Fine Art. From she travelled across the world drawing and painting in Australia, Turkey, Cape Town, China, Pakistan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, California and Long Island, USA. In she rode across Central Asia with a travel writer and made a film that the Discovery Chanel bought called Beyond the Mountains of Heaven and co-wrote the book Silk Road, Troubled Dreams.
Natural forms, insects and the plant world provide her main source of inspiration, either borrowed from the Natural History Museum or forming collections from her travels in the studio. She now alternates between drawing from nature and then working up the drawings in her studio. Sarah&#;s drawings have been acquired by important collectors in the UK and USA as well as other parts of the world.
“Sarah Graham’s work is uniquely beautiful. Her twisting , flowing , sensuous flower forms , executed with a restrained elegance yet a contemporary brio and layered with ravishing colour, have an echo of Isnik art. Some have an even more distant orient form which influences her pale delicate drawing, while others executed in bold chiaroscuro, recall Japanese ink drawings.
Here is an artist who knows her metier intimately and faultlessly, and who has studied her subject with diligence and devotion. Sarah’s [work] are a delight to the eye, mind and heart.’
– Nicky Haslam
"Your art, the joy of the subjects you pick. The colours. The silliness, the whimsy, the kindness. The child like wonder that you so effortlessly bring to life with your incredible gifts are the truth, are you. They always were and always will be."
— Robbie Williams
My work is a vivid exploration of still life, using subjects that allow me to satisfy my obsession with colour; and within them somehow communicate that elusive sense of sheer joy. The process is very visceral. Imagery is often borrowed from childhood; sweet things, toys, stuff that might evoke a sense of wonderment, and ultimately nostalgia.
British painter Sarah Graham was born in Hitchin in , and works almost exclusively in oil on canvas. She completed a BA (hons) in Fine Art painting from De Montfort University, Leicester in , and has been pursuing her practice ever since. From - she exhibited at independent galleries and art fairs in the UK and overseas. In she signed with a major UK fine art publisher, and her work became widely available as limited edition prints, alongside originals, throughout the UK read more
Biography
“The plant kingdom is a form of constant mystery and means of self-projection for me, a search for the spiritual meaning in Nature. Exploring on foot, I gravitate to strong, architectural forms, often imbued with a sense of metamorphic meaning, anything that Nature throws up or has left along her way.
Focusing in or enlarging these finds permits me to paraphrase them into ‘abstract’ motifs. By distilling these basic forms, I hope to capture the esoteric and elemental force within, so much so that a plant returns to the protean act of creation and it’s essence and design are re-invoked.
Working in pure charcoal or graphite emphasizes this concentration on form and line, whilst more descriptive mediums of colour and paint lure me away from this vision. Executing the drawings within the studio, away from the original source, allows me to bestow it’s parts with an individual figurative detachment and suggestiveness.
This intensive scrutiny, often on a very large scale, of orchids, irises, seed-pods, bones and so on, reveals a universal language of form; both infinite and inspiring.’’
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British painter Sarah Graham was born in Hitchin in , and works almost exclusively in oil on canvas. She completed a BA (hons) in Fine Art painting from De Montfort University, Leicester in , and has been pursuing her practice ever since. From - she exhibited at independent galleries and art fairs in the UK and overseas. From - she signed with a major UK fine art publisher, Washington Green, and her work became widely available as limited edition prints, alongside originals, throughout the UK. As of the beginning of , Sarah began self publishing limited edition prints, whilst working on commissions and new paintings for exhibitions and art fairs as an independent artist working from her studio in Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Sarah's paintings are in private collections across the world, in Europe, the USA, Australia, the Middle East, China and South Africa.
In , Sarah was commissioned by the British band Kaiser Chiefs to paint the album cover of their singles collection ‘Souvenir’, which was released worldwide. Her work is also owned by Standard Chartered Bank, who commissioned several pieces by Sarah, including a self-portrait, for their vast global collection of contemporary portraits.
Sarah’s work is studied in schools throughout the UK and abroad, and in , she even featured on the GCSE art exam paper.
In February , Sarah appears as a guest judge on the CBBC show ‘Britain’s Best Young Artist’. She was thrilled to be a part of such an inspiring show for young artists.
Sarah has also become a mental health advocate in recent years. With her lived experience of bipolar disorder, she uses her platform as a renowned artist to speak out about mental health in schools and organisations. Since she has been in remission, so shares her story to give people hope that even with a mental health diagnosis, you can go on to lead a successful and full life.
In , Sarah came up with an idea to raise money for her local