This is a sketch for a larger work. On Sunday night I read on Twitter that the Presidency announced that Nelson Mandela’s condition is “critical”. So, collectively, we braced ourselves […]
Author: Sarah
Freedom Day
I often paint political themes, and on the occasion of Freedom Day, I thought I’d draw up a quick sketch. 19 years ago I voted in South Africa’s first democratic […]
Gratitude
This is a painting for all of the people who have helped me in some way on this journey. Thank you to Kim Mazabow, who loved what she saw […]
How I found blue and green
Painting in lipstick presents certain practical problems, the most most obvious being that it only comes in certain colours. So, while some of the shades I’ve managed to track down […]
The Truth: sketches for a diptych
This diptych, a quick sketch from this evening, was influenced both my Swimming at Night paintings and Life of Pi, which I saw earlier this week. I was enchanted by […]
What happened at Newtown
Three paintings – sketches, really – in response to the Newtown shootings. I’ve been following them both on TV and on Twitter, and these works are as much about […]
The Story Behind the Estée Lauder Hearts
The challenges of creating and transporting lipstick hearts! This week a whole lot of hearts arrived at the offices of various magazines around the country. They were painted […]
A new Sisyphus
It’s been a long year, and it’s hard not to feel like Sisyphus in Johannesburg. I tackled this subject a year ago but no longer have any photos of the […]
Over the moon
Another painting in the series inspired by this one. Yesterday it was a flying rhino (now updated with a better quality photo taken during the day); this evening it’s a […]
An entirely irrational narrative of ridiculous joy
Joy is usually something that eludes me. For much of the past four years, I’ve been aware of nothing so much as its absence. So when it does take me […]
Sketches from the top of the mountain
On Sunday I drove to the top of a mountain because I wanted to feel as though I was standing on, well, the top of a mountain. Naturally, I want […]
Buffalo skull
This is a sketch for a larger work. Sitting in the bush, I noticed the buffalo skull on the wall – it’s one I’ve painted in the past – and […]