Sarah Adams is primarily a landscape painter whose studio occupies the 2nd floor of The Padstow Studio, which she set up on moving to Cornwall in 2005.
Porthcothan I: Morning 90 x 80 cm 2007
Ebb Tide oil on linen 16 x 24" 2009
Gulley: Low Light oil on board 12 x 12" 2007
The slate cliffs of North Cornwall offer her a dramatic subject matter: sink holes, natural arches and caverns, often only accessible at low tide. Ongoing series, including paintings of Bedruthan Steps, Porthcothan, Constantine, Harlyn, Trevone and the Camel Estuary can be viewed as work in progress in the studio.
Her working process is very traditional, with numerous observational studies made on site before working on the larger pieces. She favours handmade oil paints (Williamsburg and Robersons).
Sarah was based in Jersey, Channel Isles before moving to Cornwall, and has also produced work in the Isles of Scilly, France, Spain, South Africa, India and North America. She is represented in private and corporate collections in the UK and abroad.
Sarah Adams is also represented by The Maas Gallery in London.
EDUCATION
| 1991-2 | University of Mysore, South India |
| 1984-7 | Royal College of Art |
| 1981-4 | Gloucestershire College of Art & Technology |
| 1980-1 | Falmouth School of Art |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2009 | BEDRUTHAN TO BRYHER, The Maas Gallery, London |
| 2007 | SARAH ADAMS, The Maas Gallery, London |
| 2004 | TRAVELS IN JERSEY AND ELSEWHERE, Falle Fine Art, Jersey |
| 2003 | RECENT WORK, The Coach House Gallery, Guernsey, CI |
| 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995 | Falle Fine Art, Jersey, CI |
| 1992 | OPEN STUDIO, Mysore, South India |
| 1992 | RECENT WATERCOLOURS, The Ice House, London |
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
| 2006 | COAST (three person show), SW1 Gallery, London |
| 2005 | PIERREPONT FINE ART: SEVEN PAINTERs, ASTHALL MANOR, Oxfordshire |
| 2003 | PIERREPONT FINE ART at ART LONDON HUNTING ART PRIZE EXHIBITION, London |
| 2002 | SOUTH WEST ACADEMY OPEN, Exeter |
| 2001 | NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND, Jersey Museum, CI |
| 1996 | BEYOND ENGLAND, Royal College of Art, London |
| 1995 | JERSEY’S CONWAY TOWERS, Falle Fine Art, Jersey, CI |
| 1990 | WORKS ON PAPER (two person show with Sheela Gowda), The Ice House, London |
| 1989 | SIX GALLERY ARTISTS, Lynn Sterne Gallery, London |
| 1988 | RECENT WORK (three person show), The Ice House, London OPEN PRINT EXHIBITION, The Bankside Gallery, London |
| 1987 | THE LONDON GROUP SHOW, Royal College of Art, London 150 YEARS OF PRINTMAKING AT THE RCA, Barbican Centre, London GALLERY ARTISTS, Lynn Sterne Gallery, London 4th HUMBERSIDE PRINT COMPETITION, Hull |
| 1986 | SIX ARTISTS, Imperial College, London THE CAMDEN ANNUAL, London |
PUBLICATIONS
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DRAWING TECHNIQUES,
Ian Simpson, London, 1987, ISBN9780747200512
B. V. SURESH, Catalogue introduction, Gallery 7, Bombay
SARAH ADAMS: LAND AND SEA,
Monograph with text by Heather MacLennan, 2000
ISBN: 0-9531604-2-4
SARAH ADAMS
Catalogue, The Maas Gallery, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9561767-0-7
SARAH ADAMS: BEDRUTHAN TO BRYHER,
Catalogue, The Maas Gallery, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9561767-1-4
Spring Tide I oil on linen 60 x 140 cm 2007