UPDATE: Good news! Charmain WhatsApped me to let me know that a man called Roger has very kindly offered to help her with a camera. Charmain Carrol is one of […]
Author: Sarah
Trigger 3: Selfie Culture
One upon a time, the only people who had their portraits recorded were very rich, or people who posed for artists. Those who posed were never themselves; they were always […]
The #SaartjieSelfie texts
In addition to the #SaartjieSelfie tweets, I decided to add my favourite quotations from the Chubby Vogue Divas. I like to think that if Saartjie were around today, she would […]
Charmain Carrol and the Chubby Vogue Divas
“Growing up, I loved magazines, looking at the pretty girls in beautiful clothes – but I never could relate to images of skinny almost bony women.” Of all the influences […]
Wanted: Your Words
I am working on a new art project and, this August, I need the help of other women. I paint with lipstick. It’s a medium that is intimately associated with […]
American Pharoah in Lipstick
I’ve painted so many racehorses over the years that I’ve lost count, but very few of them have been in lipstick. The detail and control required in depicting the muscling […]
Red cats
I am cat mad, and I am constantly sketching them in my work notebooks, though I don’t paint them very often in lipstick. (Unless you count my big cats – […]
Akabeko in Africa
Akabeko is a legendary red cow from the Aizu region in Japan. Given my love of painting Nguni cattle in lipstick colours, she made the perfect subject for my exhibition […]
The Endangered Series
Most of Africa’s wildlife is under threat in some form or another. Having spent a lot of time in the bush since before I can remember, this is a cause […]
Tokyo Art Fair
Tomorrow, I board a flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong. From there, I travel to Tokyo’s Narita Airport and from there, to the first ever Tokyo International Art Fair in […]
Black Swan in lipstick
Today, as part of a tissue session, I talked about the story of the black swan. Once upon a time, all swans were white. It was inconceivable that they could […]
Paintings #MadeForTheMix
I’ve been a huge fan of horse racing since I was eight years old. This Saturday, I get to attend my first J&B Met, one of the great events on […]