Fresco and Sky Paintings
Sky Paintings: These paintings show the sky, at different times of day, in various countries. They are part of a series, started in 1999. The sky was chosen as the subject for this body of work because of the painter's interest in how light - as a backdrop to daily life - affects our response to different locations. Most of the recent pieces in this series have been painted in oil on canvas using a ‘glazing' technique, where layers of translucent paint are used to build up the finished surface.
Fresco Paintings: Concurrent with the ‘Sky Paintings', Sarah has been working on a series of fresco fragments, painted on small pieces of reclaimed brick. Many of the brick fragments have been salvaged from the river Thames, some date from the 17th century. The frescoes have different subject matter: hands, faces, buildings, wings and landscape. These small pieces have backgrounds painted in fresco (mineral pigment painted onto damp lime plaster) and details painted in egg tempera (egg yolk mixed with water and pigment).
Image credits (from left): Evening Sky, Las Vegas. 3' x 3'. Oil on Canvas, 2006 (Sarah Hocombe ), London Sky, 5 ‘ x 6'. Oil on Canvas, 2008 (Sarah Hocombe ), Winter's Night, 5' x 3', Fresco and Egg Tempera Painting, 2007 (Sarah Hocombe )
Sarah Hocombe
Specialist Crafts
Studio 3 Craft Central, 21 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DX
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Contact: Sarah Hocombe
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See Sarah's work!
Sarah Hocombe will be exhibiting Fresco Fragments and Sky Paintings in The Gallery: Craft Central, 21 Clerkenwell Green 10-16 Nov 2008.