About SARAH GARFORTH
Biography
I'm a British artist living in a rural part of the Yorkshire Dales. The countryside and nature around me is a constant source of inspiration. I feel fortunate to be quite an instinctive drawer, and work in a traditional manner, collecting sketches en plein air in numerous sketchbooks and developing the ideas back in my studio.
Although established as an oil painter, my drawing based work has led onto screenprint and solar plate work..... I think the never ending possibilities of how to capture something, or how to show my perception to an audience has kept me inspired and driven over the past 25 years. All my work has a common route in development, collecting drawings and photographs on walks through the Dales and the coast. My sketchbooks are an integral part of my professional practice.
My work is often evolving. I tend to work in collections connected by a theme. One will lead to the next sparking off new ideas. My most recent oils have seen the introduction of cold wax medium, applying the paint thickly, with spatulas, scrapers, hands, knives and drawing back into it with skewers or a drypoint needle.
Although established as an oil painter, my drawing based work has led onto screenprint and solar plate work..... I think the never ending possibilities of how to capture something, or how to show my perception to an audience has kept me inspired and driven over the past 25 years. All my work has a common route in development, collecting drawings and photographs on walks through the Dales and the coast. My sketchbooks are an integral part of my professional practice.
My work is often evolving. I tend to work in collections connected by a theme. One will lead to the next sparking off new ideas. My most recent oils have seen the introduction of cold wax medium, applying the paint thickly, with spatulas, scrapers, hands, knives and drawing back into it with skewers or a drypoint needle.
