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Sarah Robb

Newcatle upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom

A recent Fine Art graduate from the North East of England. I see my work as an ongoing story in ...

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Sarah Robb

Joined In 2012

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About the artist

Sarah Robb

Joined In 2012

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A recent Fine Art graduate from the North East of England.

I see my work as an ongoing story in which I paint fleeting moments. I make art from an insurmountable need to express myself through the silence of images. In my work I aim to create a separate world in which boundaries are overcome whether they be emotional or physical.

I am very prolific in my studio practice, creating many sketches to inform the decisions I make in the paintings. I draw together lots of different elements from found imagery, to create more depth in the work. I want the work to have the effect of drawing in the eye and the viewers' attention. The themes always stem from personal experience and I select techniques to best express the feelings and theatrics of the work.

In my current work I am exploring the bridging of portraiture and landscape painting. Blending the people with geological figures in an almost surreal way to tell a story. I admire abstract expressionist painting and wish to convey a similarly overwhelming experience when people look at my paintings. I am drawn to illustrative work showing an event or a feeling. In my painting I use life experiences to inform the image and hope to create something that is meaningful to me but ambi...

University of Sunderland 2008-12