Sarah Strachan studied Fine Art Sculpture at Central St Martins in London, Exeter College and Dublin's National College of Art and Design before a freelance career in puppet-making for film, TV and theatre. She now paints from her studio in Devon, UK.
Statement
Sarah Strachan creates intuitive abstract images derived from a practice of regular drawing. A multitude of minute decisions, dismissing that line, developing further images from that line, seeking the balance of space and form that feels right.
The paintings are informed by the drawing, never trying to replicate the drawings but rather calling on the muscle memory of the hours spent with a sketchbook.
The work is instinctive, simple, conscious of not being overworked or laboured with a distinct bold colour palette.