Sarah Leamy

I have no words.

My latest series of acrylic abstracts reminds me how much nature influences my work, be it through stories, novels, art or photography. Landscapes are the main and constant characters in my life. I’m inspired by the wind, shadows, wildflowers, dead grasses, aspens and evergreens. I love the contrast of using a restrained palette to convey the wildness of mountains and mesas. These colors reflect winters spent in New Mexico, a different part of the state to my usual haunts. Each morning, coffee in hand I walk with the dogs, and catch glimpses of distant snow-capped ridges, notice the golden ripple of the grass, and ravens in flight in skies hinting of potential storms.

These days though, I have no words. For the last year and a half, I have been painting, and as a lifelong autodidact, I’ve been watching, listening, asking questions, and experimenting. I’m learning every day. And from small town England, to living in Germany, Spain, Guatemala and Mexico, from decades in the American Southwest to the Northeast, I continue to explore how these cultures influence my work as I find my way to a sense of home in nature, in the wildness of untouched land. I hope that you are drawn to linger with these impressionistic observations of dirt and sky, birds and critters, that you immerse yourself in the mountains, and breathe more easily. Relaxing as you come closer.