"Capturing the essence of East Anglian landscapes"

Sara Johnson

Sara is a contemporary landscape painter, mainly using acrylic and mixed media on board and watercolour on paper. Her motivation to paint stems from a desire to express a connection to and feelings for the natural world and to capture her perception of the essence of a particular landscape.

I start a painting with loose mark-making, followed by layers of thick paint through which I scrape, scratch and sand back to reveal glimpses of previous layers. I continue to build up and subtract until I am satisfied that the work feels right.

Living on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, I am drawn to the tidal estuaries along the North Norfolk and East Suffolk coasts, where the light is reflected off the mudflats and the landscape is in a constant state of flux. My paintings are a combination of memory prompted by photographs and sketches, fusing abstraction and figurative elements of the sea and landscapes to convey the spirit, mood and textures of the places I visit. My work is also inspired and influenced by frequent visits to Cornwall, Scotland and elsewhere in the country.

landscape artist

works previously at the bell gallery:

For all enquiries and availability of works to be purchased via the gallery, please call 01986 894456 or email: jackie@thebellgallery.com

Flood Meadows

Acrylic
83cm x 83cm
£1500

The Waveney Valley in Spring

Watercolour
54cm x 46cm
£450

The Waveney

Acrylic
53cm x 53cm
£550

Bittern Country

Acrylic
45cm x 45cm
£485

Autumn Floods

Watercolour
54cm x 46cm
£500

Winding through the Meadows

Acrylic
45cm x 45cm
£485

Waveney Calm

Watercolour
Framed 57cm x 57cm
£495 – AVAILABLE

Watermeadow II

Acrylic and mixed media
92cm x 122cm
£2250 – AVAILABLE

Moon River

Acrylic
Framed 84cm x 84cm
SOLD

Waveney Willows

Acrylic
Framed 124cm x 92cm
SOLD

Falcon Meadow

Watercolour
Framed 73cm x 57cm
SOLD

The Waveney

Watercolour
Framed 52cm x 52cm
SOLD

The Bridge, Falcon Meadow

Watercolour
Framed 50cm x 50cm
SOLD

Earsham Church

Watercolour
Framed 37cm x 37cm
SOLD

Winter Watermeadows

Acrylic
Framed 84cm x 84cm
SOLD

Waveney Winter

Watercolour
Framed 62cm x 62cm
SOLD

Winter Floods III

Acrylic
Framed 45cm x 45cm
£485 – AVAILABLE

Winter Reflected

Watercolour
Framed 75cm x 55cm
SOLD

Suffolk Lane

Watercolour
Framed 68cm x 43cm
SOLD

Wetlands II

Acrylic and mixed media
Framed 56cm x 56cm
SOLD

Low Tide On The Estuary

Acrylic
Framed 58cm x 58cm
£675 – AVAILABLE

Minsmere Midwinter

Acrylic and mixed media
Framed 45cm x 45cm
SOLD

Signs of Spring

Acrylic and mixed media
61cm x 61cm
£850 – AVAILABLE

Shaped by the Tides

Acrylic and mixed media
Framed 45cm x 45cm
£485 – AVAILABLE

Out to Sea, Bawdsey

Acrylic and mixed media
76cm x 76cm
SOLD

Channel through the Reeds

Acrylic and mixed media
61cm x 61cm
SOLD

Hazlewood Marshes

Acrylic and mixed media
Framed 45cm x 45cm
£485 – AVAILABLE

Flowing through the Reeds

Acrylic and mixed media
Framed 56cm x 56cm
£495 – AVAILABLE

The Waveney, Outney Common

Acrylic and mixed media
Framed 54cm x 54cm
SOLD

Wetlands

Acrylic and mixed media
51cm x 51cm
£750 – AVAILABLE

Waveney Floods

Acrylic
Framed 45cm x 45cm
SOLD

Winter Woodland Walk

Watercolour
Framed 73cm x 56cm
£525 – AVAILABLE

Wildwood

Watercolour
Framed 68cm x 51cm
SOLD