Sarah Jane Brown – Winter Walk

Oil on Canvas       2022

Being alone on the beach in the winter may seem a little melancholy, but it provides an introspective and intimate opportunity for some much needed ‘headspace’ and perhaps a little self-discovery.

I walk the coast path or the beach near my home in Pembrokeshire to observe and absorb, space and light, magical junctures of land, sea and sky, endlessly changing colours, reflections, and atmospheric conditions. I know it so well, after years of collecting observations, it is ingrained. However, my approach to landscape painting is as much emotional as it is visual. It is more introspective and intimate because there is something about being immersed in the vastness of nature that gives clarity and focus to the space within and allows for a different sense of perspective.