spring tides sarah woods
sarah woods
3 rd - 16 th may 2025
“My newest collection draws on the landscape of West Cornwall, capturing the forms of the land with a palette inspired by the coastline. Each painting translates a feeling of being in the landscape – a sense of calm, an endlessness, and a space to be still.
My studio is a serene space and an extension of how it feels to me to be within the landscape, gathering observations and allowing inspiration to unfold into paint on canvas. These works draw on a palette of deep hues and the rich colours of land and sea, focusing on a shade of dark blue inspired by the water off the West Coast. Studies of movement are translated through my process in the studio: working on a large scale means my body moves around the piece, either painting the canvas on the floor or the wall, and my intuitive movements and gestures give a feeling of stillness or motion. Compositions are balanced by the reflection of light across the water and the contrasting light and dark of sea and sky, capturing the tonal warmth of colours side by side, and the heaviness of blue sky above the land. The changing seasons are so clear, living slowly with the pace of nature – the light moves differently across the water, brings more colour to the sky, and inspires my palette to change. The smallest signs of the changing seasons have inspired this Spring Tides collection.”
Sarah Woods, May 2025
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1. ‘Pedn Vounder’, acrylic on canvas, 150x180cm, £6000
2. ‘A Blue Seascape, St Ives’, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm, £2750
3. ‘Warm Landscape, Carbis Bay’, acrylic on hand sewn canvas, 100x100cm, £2750
4. ‘Dark Sky over Porthmeor’, acrylic on canvas, 90x120cm, £2750
5. ‘Spring Blue Sky, St Ives’, acrylic on canvas, 130x130cm, £4200
6. ‘A Warm Afternoon, Pedn Vounder’, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm, £2750
7. ‘A Study from Porthmeor’, acrylic on canvas, 90x180cm, £3200
8. ‘Light Seascape, Carbis Bay’, acrylic on canvas, 60x110cm, £2550
9. ‘Sunlit Cliffs, Penberth Cove’, acrylic on canvas, 75x75cm, £1950
10. ‘April Bright Ocean, Porthminster’, acrylic on canvas, 90x180cm, £3200
11. ‘Warm Light Over Porthmeor’, acrylic on canvas, 75x75cm, £1950
12. ‘Spring Storm, Porthmeor’, acrylic on canvas, 75x75cm, £1950
13. ‘Spring Green, Gwenver’, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm, £2750
14. ‘Midday Blue, Porthcurno’, acrylic on hand sewn canvas, 100x100cm, £2750
15. ‘Blue Coastline, Portheras Cove’, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm, £2750
16. ‘Dark Blue Hues, Penberth Cove’, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm, £2750
17. ‘Spring Tide, Porthmeor’, acrylic on hand sewn canvas, 130x130cm, £4200
18. ‘West Coast Seascape, Porthcurno’, acrylic on canvas, 130x130cm, £4200
