Circus

Description

Sarah’s elaborate pencil drawings have often been described as whimsical and sensual in nature, her inspiration continues to be derived from childhood memories, personal travels and fleeting dreams. She draws an array of paradoxical patterns and images that evoke a delicate, nostalgic and often disturbing ambience to her drawings. Images of square robots, towering stacks of teacups, innocent woodland creatures, and sensuous blooming roses are omnipresent. Sarah creates her work using the most basic of tools - pencil and paper. Through her sketches, she manipulates the meaning of objects, changing the way the world is interpreted and often questioning the form and function of everyday objects. An important element to Sarah’s work is collage. The formation of an initial collage is a brainstorming process for her in the creation of the final pencil drawing. The use of portraiture is a further development, starting with a picture of a face, to which she applies seemingly random images (such as shisha, a naked lady's leg, a vintage fan, etc), according to the gesture, depth and shape of the features. After the collage is done, Sarah will produce a pencil drawing identical to the collage. When both pieces are displayed together, one can feel the erotic ambience of both - through the colors from the collage and through the gestures and fragility of the pencil drawings. Walls provide a canvas that lacks the vulnerability of paper, yet giving a transient quality similar in nature to dreams- a vital element in her drawings Sarah seeks to recreate these dreams in an alternate realm through her sketches, a world where people escape from reality and remain innocent.