Sarah Noel |
‘My influences are varied and include a range of styles and periods of art. I admire the simplicity of form and expressive qualities of Byzantine icons, medieval stone and wood carvings, illustrated manuscripts, early Renaissance paintings and carvings, Indian miniatures, European and American folk art. I find their economy of line and form powerfully communicates a contemplative mood, a stillness, a knowing of something other and their storytelling imagery is imbued with spiritual meaning and allegorical undertones.’
Sarah enjoys sketching boats, sea birds, buildings and ecclesiastical carvings, all of which influence her work. Stylised forms are constructed out of clay, which are sometimes raku fired, coloured with washes of oxides or smoke fired.