Earth Magic
Art of beauty for the soul
Sarah Vivian & Izumi Omori
Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery
6th April to 18th April 2008
This is the second exhibition that Izumi and Sarah have held together; their work is very different but linked by a mutual love of the spirit and beauty of nature. The grace and power of the natural world is their inspiration and the source of their spirituality, their outlook and their art.
“Earth Magic” explores themes of beauty and magic in the natural world.
Izumi’s work features the magic of growth, the miracle of flowers and the life of the trees and hedgerows, alive with bees & insects. Her paintings shimmer with light and living energy, capturing transitory moments of many-layered life and growth in layers of paint & texture. They have both strength and delicacy; a blending of Cornish elements with Japanese style and sensitivity. Izumi’s paintings grow into existence by a process of building up & paring down, allowing the paint to speak & develop as it needs.
Sarah’s work features the magic times when we are the most aware of the spirit of the land and closest to the elements; night-time with bonfires and the power of the full moon, golden evening light glinting on wet sand or sending purple shadows across the landscape, idyllic summer afternoon jewel-like colours of sea and shore. Sarah’s paintings are intensely detailed & hyper-real, glowing with the depth & vivid colour of many layers of oil paint, carefully structured and planned for visual impact.
Sarah and Izumi believe that art of beauty is food for the soul; both strive to put into paint their connection to the spiritual in nature. For many people the beauty of nature is their source of inspiration, nurture & healing, and so too are paintings which express this beauty, whether it be representational of specific times and places as in Sarah’s work, or whether it be an imaginative blending of elements as in Izumi’s work. Their paintings, shown together, offer an experience of beauty and spirit.
Both Sarah and Izumi offer cards and prints of their work as well as the originals. For more information on Sarah or Izumi, please visit their websites –
www.sarahvivian.com and www.izumiomori.co.uk or contact –
Sarah Vivian, 24 Queen Street St Just TR19 7JW. 01736 787522
Izumi Omori, New Hope, Labour in Vain Cottages, St Just, PZ TR19 7RY. 01736 787892
Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery is on the B3306 coast road near Pendeen, and is open every day (except Monday) from 10.30am to 5pm.