Sarah Ashmore
Artist
St Ives | Cornwall
Latest Exhibition
Currently exhibiting at Penwith Gallery.
Associate Members Exhibition
31st January 2025 - 3rd March 2025
Preview: Friday 31st January 17:30 onwards, all welcome!
Dissipation - Penwith Society of Arts
Dissipation
Acrylic on Board
£560.00
This painting has been selected by The Penwith Gallery for their Associate Members’ exhibition. This is a vibrant show, with many artists submitting a wide variety of approaches to their subject. Many fine works do not make the final selection, so I was delighted to have been given this opportunity!
“Dissipation” began, as most of my paintings do, in my sketch book. A series of thumbnails and notes evolve until I feel ready to put paint to canvas (or board, in this case). Even though I have a composition mapped out, there is always the part that remains in the imagination; the part I need to hold on to tightly as I work, or the piece can wander off…
It took months to complete this piece – longer than most. Many layers of paint were applied, but the objective was always there, guiding me.
It is about capturing a fleeting moment, coupled with a sense of something more solid, though these feelings tend to group and then separate again, hence the title.
Beyond that…I prefer to let the viewer go on their own journey.
Penwith Gallery is the home of the Penwith Society of Arts.
The art gallery, formerly a pilchard packing factory, has a remarkable complex of buildings, including three public galleries, Porthmeor Printmakers Workshop, ten artists’ studios, a sculpture courtyard, shop and archive. This allows for an exciting programme of both contemporary and historical exhibitions year round.
The Society was founded in 1949 by Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Peter Lanyon, Bernard Leach, Sven Berlin and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, amongst others. Later members have included Patrick Heron, Terry Frost and Henry Moore (honorary member). This association with so many progressive and influential artists has given the Penwith Society a unique place in British art history.
Today the Society continues to play a central role in the thriving and vibrant St. Ives art community, exhibiting contemporary art from Cornwall and beyond.
Harbour Lights Abstract Series X
Acrylic on Board
£530.00
Kynance
Acrylic on Board
£590.00
Coast Path II
Acrylic on Board
£540.00
Leel, Back Rd E, Saint Ives TR26 1NW
I currently have two of my paintings, Deep & Looking For The Cave, on display at Leel, on Back Road East in Downlong.
"Leel is an artisan shop and takeaway cafe nestled in the heart of St Ives, in the labyrinth of streets known locally as ‘Downalong’. [sic.]
A treasure trove of handmade products, paintings, ceramics, jewellery and homeware.
We also house an artisan slushie and coffee shop with locals loyalty card, serving our community year round at affordable prices.
Here you’ll also find the finest food products and gifts to take a little taste of Cornwall home with you."
Deep
Acrylic on Board
£210.00
Looking For The Cave
Acrylic on Board
£95.00
Moments Series VII
Acrylic on Board
£95.00
First Thing
Acrylic on Board
£240.00
A Break In The Clouds
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£190.00
Moonrise, Hor Point
Acrylic on Board
£180.00
From The Monument
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£580.00
Bamaluz
Acrylic on Board
£350.00
The Back Road
Acrylic on Board
£530.00
A Sense Of Place
Acrylic on Board
£270.00
Dawn, The Island
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£190.00
Little Bridge
Acrylic on Board
£95.00
Haptic Memory
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£350.00
Cornubian
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£1500.00
Last On The Beach II
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£1500.00
The Water's Edge, Summer
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£80.00
Breakthrough
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£170.00
Lizard
Acrylic on Board
£350.00
North Cliffs, Evening
Acrylic on Board
£490.00
In The Woods, Late Spring
Acrylic on Board
£150.00
Last On The Beach
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£320.00
Autumn Colours
Acrylic on Paper
£49.00
Lochside
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£195.00
Glimpses
Acrylic on Board
£550.00
Arisaig
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£390.00
A Slice of West Cornwall
Acrylic on Board
£290.00
Archive
Shifting - SOLD
Acrylic on Board
£195.00
High Ground - SOLD
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£55.00
Low Sun
Acrylic on Board
£390.00 - SOLD
Headland - SOLD
Acrylic on Board
£95.00
Summer Is Coming
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£200.00 - SOLD
Looking Towards Loe Bar
Acrylic on Board
£195.00 - SOLD
Coast Path Near Marazion
Acrylic on Board
£230.00 - SOLD
After The Fire
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£250.00 - SOLD
Summer Sunset On The Island (St Ives)
Acrylic on Board
£495.00 - SOLD
Dream-Light
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£50.00 SOLD
A Place Of Peace
Acrylic on Board
£280.00 - SOLD
Change
Acrylic on Board
£195.00 - SOLD
Serpentine Coast
Acrylic on Board
£360.00 - SOLD
Harbour Colours
Acrylic on Board
£49.00 SOLD
Distance
Acrylic on Canvas Board
£490.00 SOLD
Looking Back To The Island (St Ives)
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£195.00 SOLD
Coast Path I
Acrylic on Board
£540.00 - SOLD
The Wall
Acrylic on Board
£195.00 SOLD
Porthmeor Rocks! III
Acrylic on Board
£150.00 - SOLD
Bay Shapes
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£170.00 SOLD
Strange Light
Acrylic on Paper
£55.00 SOLD
A Way Through
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
£495.00 SOLD
Small World
Acrylic on Board
£49.00 SOLD
Returning
Acrylic on Board
£70.00 - SOLD
Clearing
Acrylic on Board
£50.00 SOLD
Prussia Cove
Acrylic on Board
£190.00 - SOLD
Coast Path Colours II
Acrylic on Board
£140.00 - SOLD
Waterside
Acrylic on Board
£50.00 SOLD