Sarah Richardson

Biography

I love colour – the brighter the better – well I am bound to say that aren’t I? But there is something about colour that I find very playful and I am a passionate believer in the importance and power of play in our day to day lives and the altered mind state that is achieved through the act of playing. Through my art I create a style of painting that not only allows myself a chance to play with colour, texture, form, etc., but also invites the viewer to participate and engage in this sense of fun and childlike abandon. As well as brushes, I use tools from the building trade, drippers from science labs and my own hands to create canvases of colour and juxtaposition, and to build a collage using layers of paint.