Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEAC British, b. 1965
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACPile of BooksOil on panel9.5 x 13"
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACInterior 2Oil on panel11.5 x 7.5"Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACInteriors with StairsOil on panel10.5 x 10"Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACCup and BooksOil on panel9.5 x 12"Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACHallwayOil on panel8.5 x 6.5 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACStudio and EaselOil on panel9.5 x 6.5 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACStudio SinkOil on panel9 x 6.5 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACBrown Cup and Books Still LifeOil on panel9 x 7.5 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACEight Books Still LifeOil on panel9 x 7.5 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACSeascape SketchOil on panel6 x 8 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACSix Books Still LifeOil on panel10 x 8 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACDoorways InteriorOil on panel10 x 8 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACHallway InteriorOil on panel8 x 6 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACStairwellOil on panel9 x 6 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACBlue Roomoil on panel7 x 5 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACInterior with Armchairoil on panel9 x 6 "Sold
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Sarah Spencer RAS VPNEACStairway Interioroil on panel9 x 7 "Sold
Sarah Spencer paints the places, people and things with which she is most familiar. The coast where she has lived most of her life is a recurring source. She is drawn to the quality of 'atmosphere' in sky and landscape that is both visual and emotional. The artist aims less at capturing an impression of one moment, and more towards making a work corresponding in some respect to the intimate and intense qualities of well-known territory. She paints portraits and landscapes by commission, and is intrigued by the experience of responding to places or people which are dear to another, but as yet unknown or less-known to her.
Sarah's landscape works begin with a series of small sketches made outside in oil paint on cardboard. These plein air works are rarely the end goal but the vital source for larger studio works. The process and approach in the studio is very different to that outside: The artist is not battling challenges of changing light and weather or her antipathy to working in public view. The practice of painting indoors is more contemplative.
Glazes can be built up over impasto layers over weeks or months. Composition is often changed, and re-arranged. She is not interested in recapturing a scene so much as playing with the elements gathered until they make a picture that seems compelling. A work is often composed from elements gathered from different sketches: a sky from one sketch and foreground from another, the picture needing only to correspond to the idea of the landscape in the artist's head.
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Christmas Exhibition 2023
Aldeburgh 2 Dec 2023 - 7 Jan 2024 Aldeburgh -
The Autumn Picture Show
21 Sep - 8 Oct 2022 LondonA new spin on Thompson's Gallery London's annual autumn exhibition, this show features a richly varied selection of paintings, drawings, and mixed media artworks by familiar and fresh talents. From...Read more -
40th Annual Exhibition
4 - 26 Jun 2022 AldeburghThe largest of the galleries' exhibitions, the Annual Exhibition features Modern British and contemporary artists, some new, some regulars, some returning faces, and some we could never leave out!Read more -
Christmas Exhibition 2021
4 Dec 2021 - 9 Jan 2022 AldeburghThompson's Gallery Aldeburgh is holding its Christmas group exhibition, which, alongside the Annual Exhibition in June, is our largest collection of paintings and sculpture for sale during the year. There...Read more -
Autumn Exhibition 2021
28 Sep - 16 Oct 2021 LondonLondon's annual tradition, the Autumn Exhibition, on display from 28th September to 16th October 2021.Read more -
Annual Exhibition 2021
12 Jun - 4 Jul 2021 AldeburghThe largest of the galleries exhibitions, after the success of our Modern British exhibition this time the Annual features all contemporary artists, some new, some regulars, some returning faces, and...Read more
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Annual Exhibition 2023
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The Autumn Catalogue
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40th Annual Exhibition
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Christmas Exhibition 2021
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Autumn Exhibition 2021
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New English Art Club
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Autumn Exhibition 2020
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