Following on from the success of her inaugural solo show, Star Brewery Gallery in Lewes are hosting an exhibition of the latest works by Sussex artist Sarah Money. A former dancer and mime artist, Sarah Money’s sculptures and paintings are filled with a fluid rhythm, as she explores the movement of the human form. Her work brings in her experience in dance through the lines and brushstrokes, with a loose and free technique that is risk-taking as she explores colour and texture and its relationship to emotion.
“I experience the combined qualities of movement, texture and colour as I work”, she says, “allowing my emotions to play their part. It is simply the essence of my subject in that moment in time that I am trying to capture.” Sarah Money
While her portrait heads are created directly from the model, her figures emerge from observational life drawing and her imagination. She uses heavy-grogged clay and once the pieces have been hollowed out, they are biscuit-fired, then stone-fired and glazed or painted.
Sarah Money’s work is held in private collections in the UK and the US. Star Brewery Gallery has a history of hosting exhibitions by local, regional, national and international artists and of showcasing both established artists and up-and-coming talented artists, photographers and makers.