"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
Sara Johnson

previous exhibitions at the bell gallery

works at the bell gallery:

The Waveney Bungay Common

Acrylic and mixed media
40cm x 40cm
£650 – SOLD

Watermeadow II

Acrylic and mixed media
92cm x 122cm
£2250

Winter Floods III

Acrylic
Framed 45cm x 45cm
£485

Winter Reflected

Watercolour
Framed 75cm x 55cm
£525

Suffolk Lane

Watercolour
Framed 68cm x 43cm
£475

Wetlands II

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

Low Tide On The Estuary

Acrylic
Framed 58cm x 58cm
£675

Minsmere Midwinter

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

Signs of Spring

Acrylic and mixed media
61cm x 61cm
£850

Shaped by the Tides

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

Out to Sea, Bawdsey

Acrylic and mixed media
76cm x 76cm
£1500

Channel through the Reeds

Acrylic and mixed media
61cm x 61cm
£750

Hazlewood Marshes

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

Flowing through the Reeds

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

The Waveney, Outney Common

Acrylic and mixed media
Framed 54cm x 54cm
£725 – SOLD

Wetlands

Acrylic and mixed media
51cm x 51cm
£750

Waveney Floods

Acrylic
Framed 45cm x 45cm
£485

Winter Woodland Walk

Watercolour
Framed 73cm x 56cm
£525

Wildwood

Watercolour
Framed 68cm x 51cm
£450