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The Bird and the Beeoil on board 56 x 80cms

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Pink Cup and Pearsoil on canvas 60 x 80cms

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SARAH BOWMAN has concentrated on the theme of still life with a window view for over ten years. In that time the paintings have quietly evolved, stylistically and thematically. This modus operandi offers endless possibilities: there is always another inspiring landscape or a new object waiting to be found.

Gradually characters have strolled into the paintings – gardeners, sailors, housewives, walkers all pottering about their daily lives. Their presence and activity suggest a narrative. Similarly, certain paintings feature more of a room’s interior, offering glimpses into an imagined, timeless world.

She has lived happily with her family on the edge of Dartmoor for seven years and increasingly the rolling hills, hedgerows and seasonal changes are there in the pictures. Of course, the beautiful southwest coastline is never far away, both literally and artistically.

Recently, Sarah has explored a little further, leading to a departure, in the form of simpler more minimal compositions. The subtlety in colour and painterly texture continues to come from the Italian frescoes that so inspired her in her teens. The new paintings amplify this with scumbled surfaces and careful selection of objects and motifs to direct the eye around the painting. Just the handle of a cup or the vertical scratched line of a jug can tip the balance.

The whole process is meditative, rather like doing a puzzle. It has also reinvigorated the creative process behind the window view paintings. Both styles have a common thread and complement one another well in this solo exhibition.

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Anemones and Spotted Clothoil on board 53 x 81cms

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Forget Me Notoil on board 57 x 81cms

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Morning Serviceoil on board 41 x 61cms

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The 10.45 to Totnesoil on board 48 x 61cms

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Irises and Satsumasoil on board 48 x 70cms

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When the Seagulls Follow the Trawleroil on board 31 x 40cms

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The Work is Not Yet Doneoil on board 35 x 43cms

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Willow and Dahliasoil on board 57 x 67cms

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The Apple Bowloil on canvas 60 x 80cms

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Five Lemonsoil on canvas 60 x 80cms

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Daffodil Pickersoil on board 56 x 77cms

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Melin Tregwynt Jugoil on board 38 x 58cms

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Daffodils and Pearsoil on board 33 x 41cms

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Three Applesoil on canvas 40 x 40cms

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Geometric Cupoil on board 50 x 70cms

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The Arrival of Springoil on canvas 90 x 110cms

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Spring is on the Wingoil on board 41 x 53cms

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Garden Flowers and Appleoil on board 38 x 53cms

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Apple Harvest oil on board 53 x 79cms

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Andalucia and the Watermelonoil on board 50 x 70cms

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Greek Fishermenoil on board 38 x 48cms

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Helping Handsoil on board 39 x 42cms

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All the Leaves are Fallingoil on board 31 x 41cms

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Summer Hazeoil on board 25 x 25cms

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Poppiesoil on board 35 x 27cms

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Anemonesoil on board 29 x 25cms

S A R A H B O W M A NSarah was born in 1975. She grew up in Dorchester and studied at Wimbledon and Falmouth. She lives and works in Devon.

Education1997 BA Hons Fine Art, Falmouth Art School

Solo exhibitions2014 White Space Art2012 White Space Art2010 Wren Gallery, Burford2010 Ainscough Contemporary Art, Chelsea, London2009 White Space Art, Totnes2008 Wren Gallery, Burford2008 Ainscough Contemporary Art, Chelsea, London2007 White Space Art, Totnes2006 'Room With a View', White Space Art, Totens2005 Ainscough Contemporary Art, Chelsea, London2004 ‘Inside Out’ Ainscough Contemporary Art 1997 Anderson Gallery, Broadway

Two person exhibitions2007 New Grafton, Barnes2006 ‘Recent Works’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall2005 ‘Coastlines’, Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall

Selected mixed exhibitions2014 Summer & Autumn Exhibition, Josie Eastwood2014 Medici Gallery, London2013 Russell Gallery, London2011 Christmas Exhibition, Russell Gallery2011 Autumn Exhibition, Moncrieff Gallery 2011 Summer Exhibition, Bircham Gallery2010 Royal West of England Academy Open Painting Exhibition2009 Royal West of England Academy Open Painting Exhibition2009 The Glory of the Garden, Moncrieff Bray Gallery, Sussex

2009 Essentially English Exhibition, Wren Gallery, Burford2008 'Autumn Exhibition' Josie Eastwood, Winchester2008 Royal West of England Academy Open Painting Exhibition2007 'Spring' Josie Eastwood, Winchester2006 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2006 Art From Cornwall, New Grafton Gallery, Barnes2006-11 Bircham Gallery, Holt2006-08 Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly2005 South West Academy of Fine Art Open Exhibition2005 Essentially English Exhibition, Wren Gallery, Burford2005 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition2005 Royal West of England Academy Open Painting Exhibition2004-08 The Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire2004-07 Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall2004 Easter Exhibition, Wren Gallery, Burford2003-13 Ainscough Contemporary Art, Chelsea, London2003- White Space Art, Totnes, Devon2002-06 Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport, Dorset 2002 Lemon Street Gallery, Truro2002-04 Broadway Modern Gallery, Broadway 2001 Corporate Catto, Hampstead1998-00 Nexus Galleries, Edinburgh1998-00 John Davies Gallery, Stow on the Wold1997 Gallery 27, Cork Street, London (‘Best of the West’)1996-99 Bank Street Gallery, Seven Oaks1996-02 Thomas Henry Fine Art, Dorchester and Nantucket, USA

Art Fairs2012- 20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art2011 Works on Paper, Kensington2011- Chelsea Art Fair2011-13 Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead 2007-09 Art London2008-09 Edinburgh Art Fair2006- Affordable Art Fair, Bristol2002- Affordable Art Fair, Battersea

Published by White Space Art, Totnes to accompany the exhibition, The Birds and the Bees and Other Subjects, 21 February - 7 March 2015

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