Inspiration – Sarah Vivian & Izumi Omori
Just Fine Art, Market Square, St Just
Open 5 days a week from 10.00 to 5.00 (closed Sundays and Tuesdays)
From Mid October to the end of December
Sarah – 01736 787522 www.sarahvivian.com
Izumi 01736 787892 www.izumiomori.co.uk
The latest exhibition from Sarah Vivian and Izumi Omori is now open at Just Fine Art in St Just. This is their third shared exhibition, because although their work is very different, their paintings have a similarity of feeling and intention, 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. The title is “Inspiration”, referring to the inspiration received from the spirits of the land, the inspiration of painting itself, and the inspiration they hope to give to others. Inspiration literally means to breathe in, and refers to the concept of a divine spiritual force or influence which stimulates creativity & infuses ideas & poetic spirit into words, music and art. 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 which they hope people will find inspiring.
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 the power of the full moon, numinous sunsets and dusky evening woodlands, idyllic springtime blossoms bursting into life. 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.