Sarah Ross-Thompson
As a Fine Art Printmaker, Sarah specialises in hand-inked, original collagraph
prints inspired by the Dorset landscape. Using carefully built collage blocks,
her work combines the vibrant colours of oil-based printing inks with the
textural qualities of the materials she uses. This combination produces a
distinctive look that makes her work instantly recognisable. Having
experimented with a number of techniques she now works almost exclusively
in this way, constantly alighting on new materials to experiment with such as
chopped chives and oatmeal, as well as the more conventional string, kitchen
salt and corrugated card.
Sarah’s ‘Textural Landscape’ series, explores the geographical variety of her
home county, Dorset. From hidden coves and rocky coastal paths to dense
woodland and vast vistas overhung by massive skies, she finds it is a neverending wealth of inspiration.
Following a degree in English and Classics in London, Sarah returned to her
first love, art, studying at Bournemouth College of Art and Design. Her work
was selected for the National Print Exhibition in 1997 at the Mall Galleries and
the following year she held her first solo show in London. Over the past
decade she has exhibited regularly throughout the country. She became a
house artist at a gallery in Idaho, USA in 2010 and is a regular exhibitor at
Wills Art Warehouse, in Putney. Her work has been on display at the ‘Art on
Paper’ fair at the Royal College of Art and the National Print Exhibition at the
Mall Galleries as well as the Affordable Art Fairs in Battersea, Bristol and
Amsterdam.
Solo Shows:
Open Studio, Wimborne, (part of Dorset Arts Weeks) 02/04/06/08/10/12
The Brompton Gallery, Southampton
1999
St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate, London, (part of the
City of London Festival of Arts)
1998
East Dorset Heritage Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
1995
Mixed exhibitions include:
Creation Gallery, Beverley, Yorkshire
Twenty-twenty, Much Wenlock, Shropshire
Basement Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA
Open Space, Penryn, Cornwall
Lion gallery, Leominster, Herefordshire
Wattle and Daub, Cowfold, East Sussex
Stark Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
Midcornwall Galleries, Par, Cornwall
Wills Art Warehouse, Fulham, London
The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester , Worcestershire
2012
2010-12
2010-12
2011-12
2010-12
2010-12
2009-12
2008-2012
2002-12
2009-12
Birties of Worcester, Worcester, Worcestershire
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Weekend Gallery, Hastings, Sussex
The Mulberry Tree, Swanage, Dorset
Redearth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
Wonderwall Gallery, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Green Tree Gallery, Haywards Heath, East Sussex
Down to Earth, Whitchurch, Shropshire
Stark Gallery, London
Bluestone Gallery, Devizes, Wiltshire
John Russell Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Bristol, London
Acanthus Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
The Walnut Tree, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Rivers Gallery, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire
Primrose Gallery, Northampton, Northamptonshire
The Print House, Padstow, Cornwall
Artcare, District hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire
August Gallery, Brenchley, Kent
Tilseds Art Centre, Wimborne, Dorset
Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art, London
Desmoulin, Newbury, Berkshire
The Printmakers Gallery, St. Ives
The Hayloft, Christchurch, Dorset
The Primrose Gallery, Northampton,
Tim Andrews Gallery, Woodbury, Devon
Wessex Fine Arts, Wareham, Dorset
Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury, Wiltshire
The Bristol Art Fair, Bristol
The Four Seasons, Wimborne
Rostra Gallery, Bath,
The Handel Gallery, Devizes,
The Gallery, Dorchester (SCA)
The Mariners Gallery, (A Bunch of Fives) St. Ives
The Postcard Exhibition, (SCA) Sherborne
Wessex Fine Art, Wareham, Dorset
Bridport Open, Bridport, Dorset
Sherborne House, Sherborne (SCA summer prog.)
The Orchid Gallery, Lymington
National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2009-12
2003-12
2008-12
2006-12
2011
2007-11
2009-11
2009-11
2009-11
2006-11
2009-10
2002-10
2004-10
2007-10
2008-10
2009
2008
2003/08
2008
06/2008
03/04/05/2008
2006
2000-2005
04/2005
04/2005
2004
2003
2003
2003
01/02/2003
2002
2002
2002
99/00/2002
2002
2002
01/2002
2001
1999
1998
Sarah’s prints are regularly on show at the following outlets
Wills Art Warehouse, Putney, London
Creation Gallery, Beverley, Yorshire
Lion Gallery, Leominster, Herefordshire
Twenty, Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock, Shropshire
Wattle and Daub, Cowfold, East Sussex
Basement Gallery, Noise, Idaho, USA
Open Space, Penryn, Cornwall
Bevere Gallery, Worcester, Worcestershire
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Stark Gallery, Canterbury, East Sussex
Weekend Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex
Mulberry Tree, Swanage, Dorset
Birties of Worcester, Worcester
Midcornwall Gallery, St Blazey, Par, Cornwall
International Galleries
Basement Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA