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Sarah Harvey.
My paintings of figures floating are predominantly self portraits. I aim to create paintings that arouse both a sense of well being and pleasure, whilst simultaneously suggesting notions of insecurity, fantasy and sexuality.

Entirely suspended by the water, the human forms are fragmented by the Ripples and swirls created by the water, abstracting them, and often with implausible results such as the appearance of disfiguration or distortion. I have become increasingly excited about the abstract elements in these works, and the interplay between light, colour and water. The emerging patterns are becoming more apparent and dominant, drawing the eye not only towards the main focal point of the human form, but also to the surrounding areas, which are of equal significance.

I am greatly influenced by Francis Bacon’s Carcass and crucifixion paintings, and of course by the work of Jenny Saville. Both of these figurative artists are intensely intrigued by the imagery of flesh – in both ugly and magnificently beautiful ways.

Blowing Bubbles

2006
184cm / 184cm

Breathe

2006
201.5cm / 201.5cm

Mermaid

2006
161cm / 146cm

Explore

2006
200cm / 155cm

Clam

2007
oil on canvas
36 x 36

Turning Turquoise

2007
oil on canvas
121 x 81

Ribbons of Water 1

2008
oil on Canvas
172 x 123cm

Ribbons of Water2

2008
Oil on Linen
172 x 123cm

Pixie Dance

2008
Oil on Linen
145 x 145cm

Swirling Fire

2008
Oil on Linen
145 x 145cm

Ripple

2008
Oil on Linen
100 x 100cm

Shattered 1, 2 and 3

2008
Oil on Linen
111 x 145cm