New Blog

I have a new blog now!

www.sarahrandles.tumblr.com

see you there! x

Feeding Time

A drawing I sold to my lovely friend Rosie, I just realised I never put it up here and its ones of my favourites :)

Alice in Wonderland

I finally got the opportunity to venture up to Liverpool at the weekend to visit the Alice exhibition at Tate Liverpool before it finished. As I have been a massive fan of both the Alice stories and Surrealism for some time now this was right up my street. What I found interesting about this exhibition was its focus on the influence the books have had on artists and surrealists in particular. What I didn't realise was how highly Lewis Carroll was regarded within the British Surrealist Group, naming him their 'surrealist ancestor'. The show was packed with work by Max Ernst, Dorethea Tanning, Peter Blake and Dali to name a few. I was shocked to find that Dali had collaborated with Walt Disney to produce a short animation called Destino http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFkN4deuZU

It was also very interesting to see the mock up and drawings for the original book by Carrol, Alice Underground, showing how the story evolved into what we know it as now.

Money Trees

The other day I came across these photographs of money trees which I think are just so interesting. There are forests in the Scottish Highlands where coins are hammered and bent back into the bark of trees. Apparently it dates back to the 1700s where it hopes to bring the passers-by good fortune and take away illnesses.

love

not posted in a while so lets get some inspiration on the go...

http://50watts.com/#1989130/Vello-Vinn

and Mr Paul Noble currently has an exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, I wish I still lived in London so I could go... http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2011-11-10_paul-noble/

incredible

also been watching a lot of surreal stop motion animation with Ben of late, first saw Jan Svankmajer's work at Watch Me Move and fell in love.

Watch some awesome stuff here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUwX4-nsQU

Pyrography

Degree Show News and Glasto Blues

Now I'm back from Glasto and I've had a bit of a break but its time to get back to work, and first things first- update blog! Here are some pictures of the work I put into my Degree show. Alongside my drawings I made a giant human-sized bird box to be used as an intimate gallery space to house one of my drawings. I love it so much I wish I could live in it :) Although I might have to soon if we don't find somewhere else to live! On another note, drum roll please..... I got a 2:1! and I sold a few pieces too so I'm a very happy bunny at the moment. Looking forward to making some new work soon. Peace out xxx

Oh yesss.....

I also now have a few images up on the uni websites for the Degree Show
Here.. http://www.chelseadegreeshow.org/2011/category/fine-art/randless/

and here... http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/SarahRandles

xxx

Busy Bee!

Wow I have been so busy recently with all the uni goings on I haven't had a chance to put any new work on here for so long. Check this link out http://www.wickisland.co.uk/?p=342 for a little bit about where I was selling some of my canvas bags last weekend. Here's a pic of the ones I've got left...

There are also talks of me selling them at Dragonfly Festival in Sweden in August so thats exciting!
And here is a sneaky preview of some of the things I'll be putting in my show (probably).

Artist Statement

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye —it also includes the inner pictures of the soul."
- Edvard Munch

My current practice explores the relationships between humans, objects and the natural environment. By combining elements of nature with the human form I intend to translate to paper the way in which I see the world and the processes of my subconscious. I often draw from objects I find on walks through the park, collecting and selecting areas of interest and enlarging them to show the detail that would generally go unnoticed to the human eye. I then merge them with unidentified figures, dismissing elements of familiarity and replacing them with unfamiliar details from nature. I use an extremely fine technical pen to create precision and intricacy. Of late, my work has been heavily influenced by Surrealism, collaging elements of various images to create a fantasy world where humans and natural organisms are seen as one entity.

(More to follow)

A Wee Bit About My Exhibition on Sat

Go to Wick Island Blog to see a few words about mine and Dan's show written by the lovely Claire Beesley

Exhibition

In Progressssss

New drawing im working on, for some reason it is taking me aaaaages. Got some more new things to pop on here, hopefully get round to it sooonnn x

These are my Things

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Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye —it also includes the inner pictures of the soul."
- Edvard Munch

Heironymus Bosch

The Garden of Earthly Delights

(This photo does not even begin to describe how beautifully detailed it is)

Tales of Madrid

Yesterday I got back from a mini city break to Madrid, its such a beautiful city, and it was boiling hot too :) I went to the Reina Sofia and Prado Museum while I was there and saw some amazing work. My favourite find was the work of Hieronymus Bosch (which unfortunately seems to be the only work I didn't take any photos of- must google!) His work is so detailed and enchanting, I could have looked at it all day.

Obviously I also saw Guernica which was one of the main reasons why we went to Madrid and lots and lots of surrealism, I think I now finally appreciate Dali; in particular his Invisible Man which I have never seen before. I am really interested in surrealism at the moment and there was a lot of exciting stuff in the Reina Sofia.

Prado was also nice, a lot like Tate Britain but we but a little disappointed as Goya's drawings and prints were not on show as they were being moved to a bigger exhibition of his work :( We also visited  the Templo de Debod, an egyptian temple smack bang in the heart of Madrid, kinda weird place to have it but nevertheless it was really interesting and you could still see all the original hieroglyphics on the inside walls.

 In all, I saw some pretty inspiring stuff, even the architecture was beautiful. Today I plan to recover from the tiredness and amount of Sangria/Mojitos consumed and plan out some new drawings inspired by what I've seen over the past couple of days......... :)

Experimenting with wood

I have recently purchased a pyrography kit and have been experimenting with drawing onto wood. I think this works well the nature of my drawings although MDF doesn't quite give the effect I would like. I am currently testing out different types of wood as I would like to include the grain into my work.
The 'thing' over his eye is one of the natural objects that I have collected on my travels. (I'm not quite sure what to call them so if anyone knows please let me know)