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Sarah Elliott is an oil painter, printmaker and artist currently living in Tasmania.

Her work holds a distinctive, surrealist style which references memories, daydreams, music, and ephemeral space. Through these intricate narratives Sarah’s paintings depict experiences and feelings that are tangible and complex.

View fullsize New painting ‘Bay’ I grew up on the coast of Tasmania, often sitting on the rocks or grass looking out to sea. I love watching the tide change and the clouds move as I have a good think about things and sit with them - it’s a medita
View fullsize New painting I’m working on at the moment! It’s a beautiful time of year to paint flowers, the light is pouring in my studio windows up here on the mountain and glistening through the trees. I have been planting lots of strawberries, cher
View fullsize I have several paintings on the go at the moment, I never start them with any real intention. They just sort of evolve, or go down a path. I really like the way the marks are traceable, not obscured, it’s more like the brush marks are a form of
View fullsize Small watercolour and some pictures from a recent trip to Bali, Indonesia. It was so good to just be in the moment with the kids. I was able to refocus on drawing and watercolours and doing some decent art reading while we all went out and about tryi
View fullsize Drawing some new and rather exotic plants on Nusa Lembongan, Bali. There is such an abundance of birdlife and flowers with the richest green foliage that I am inspired by. Am spending long warm days reading and drawing and getting the time to slowly
View fullsize ‘Utmost’ Oil on Board 10 x 8cm #newwork #oilpainting #miniature #ladder #utmost #tasmania #sarahelliott #oilonboard #green #home #mountainlife
View fullsize Thank you @homebeautiful for featuring my work in the latest June edition! And thank you @ivyandpiperhome for so beautifully including my paintings, there’s nothing better than a coffee, throw and a mag in this weather ☕️ @salamancamarket #el
View fullsize Starting some new painting today! I’m playing my vinyl collection constantly after being away and coming back making those fantastic shifts that travel and distance somehow allow. I’m painting in a way that is seeking, almost in layers wh
View fullsize Lots of printmaking this week! I’m packaging them up ready for tomorrow’s market. Etching to me is like poetry, it speaks directly to an innermost state, without the need for explanation. In the Trees 10 x15cm Edition of 40 Hahnemü
View fullsize Finished a new painting today! I’ve been working on this one for a little while, layering, adding things and taking them out. Eventually I have settled on this green mountainside with a tiny cottage. I wanted the cottage to be like an idea or a
View fullsize I’ve been doing these small paintings each day, painting is a visual thing after all, it’s important to get it out of your head. I have lots of ideas and lots of things I process through my work. How we sit with things, how we live, and h
View fullsize I reworked this painting this week. I’ve been stuck in bed with the flu and I had a little time to look at this painting properly and make it work. It’s part of the process to slow down and let things settle. I like this painting heaps mo

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