About Sarah Needham

I am interested in how pigments leave traces of human interconnectedness across geography and time. I work by researching historical events which have resonance with what is happening in the now. I then find out which pigments played out in those events, and that determines the colours in any particular collection. I then make abstract pieces which play with sensations of space and time, that are suggestive and not didactic. There is a moment of poetry when the viewers associations meet with the pigment associations and mine in the painting.

Education:

First degree:2.1 Fine Art and Education Hatfield Polytechnic 1989

Masters: Development Studies, 1993 South Bank University

Post Grad study with Prof Ding, Head of Art at Jiangxi Normal University, non certificated, traditional Chinese ink painting, Southern School