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Sarah Carrington graduated in 1999 from Edinburgh University with a sell-out degree show, Sarah began her career as a self-employed artist based in Edinburgh. Her work focuses on the Scottish coastline, a passion she has had since childhood holidays on the west coast and sailing excursions around the Hebrides. Her paintings are often large in scale (up to 6 x 12 feet long), colourful yet at the same time subtle. Her understanding of the nature of the sea and sky is evident in her work. The viewer is enveloped by the vastness of the sea and sky. Depth and distance of sea and sky are constant features in her work, emphasised by the triptych format she often uses. Most of the paintings are created in the studio from photographs and sketches executed on-the-spot at the beach. The beaches tend to be local due to their accessibility, such as Gullane, North Berwick, Longniddry and Catterline (Aberdeenshire). However, more recently she has been drawn back to the west coast of Scotland, to Ullapool and Ardnamurchan, and to its Hebridean islands, in particular, Iona.
1977 Born, Edinburgh, Scotland
1994-1999 The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art, MA (Hons) Fine Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Iona: Time and Tide, Catto Contemporary, London
2002 Iona: View from the Edge, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 Clouds, Coastline, Cottages, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth,
Cumbria
2001 Recent Paintings, Stenton Gallery, East Lothian
2000 New Paintings, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
2000 Ebb and Flow, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire, Highlands
2003 Festival Exhibition at the Lloyds TSB Edinburgh, with Stenton Gallery,
East Lothian
2003 New Horizons, Ainscough Contemporary Art, London
2003 New Paintings, Scotlandart.com, Glasgow
2003 Anniversary Exhibition, Ainscough Contemporary Art, London
2002 Festival Exhibition at the Lloyds TSB Edinburgh, with Stenton Gallery,
East Lothian
2002 Crovie End of the Pier Show, Duff House, Banff, Aberdeenshire
2002 Anniversary Exhibition, Ainscough Contemporary Art, London
2001 New Paintings, Scotlandart.com, Glasgow
2001 Encounter, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
2001 Art in the Abstract, Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London
2000 Scottish Painters, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2004 Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria – March – SOLO
2004 Catto Contemporary, Shoreditch, London – May - SOLO
2004 The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh – October - SOLO
2005 Ainscough Contemporary Art, London – April - SOLO
Graduating in 1999 from Edinburgh University with a sell-out degree show, Sarah began her career as a self-employed artist based in Edinburgh. Her work focuses on the Scottish coastline, a passion she has had since childhood holidays on the west coast and sailing excursions around the Hebrides. Her paintings are often large in scale (up to 6 x 12 feet long), colourful yet at the same time subtle. Her understanding of the nature of the sea and sky is evident in her work. The viewer is enveloped by the vastness of the sea and sky. Depth and distance of sea and sky are constant features in her work, emphasised by the triptych format she often uses. Most of the paintings are created in the studio from photographs and sketches executed on-the-spot at the beach. The beaches tend to be local due to their accessibility, such as Gullane, North Berwick, Longniddry and Catterline (Aberdeenshire). However, more recently she has been drawn back to the west coast of Scotland, to Ullapool and Ardnamurchan, and to its Hebridean islands, in particular, Iona.
She uses household emulsion, acrylic, oil, sand and varnish to create a variety of surfaces to describe the different textures of the land and shore and to evoke the mood and weather of the place. For Sarah, these places remain a constant inspiration for her work.
