Portrait of a boy by Sarah Cripps in Leighton Buzzard
Portrait of a boy
This portrait has a background painted with rags in bright colours to give a feeling of run down streets. The face has a strong tone contrast and colour palette with plenty of glazing while the shirt is loosely and thinly painted. The composition places the face in the centre and the subject addresses the viewer directly with a challenging look. Reference photo by kind courtesy of Samuel Aboh.
Thank you for looking at my page! I love to paint people, animals and nature.
With a Master’s degree in Victorian Studies, I’ve always been fascinated by the art of the turn of the 20th century, especially Van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne, Picasso and Hopper.
For part of my career I was lucky enough to be in an international organisation, which meant travelling all over the world. That gave me the chance to experience different nature, culture, art, light, colour and form, as well as turning me into a travel junkie... 52 countries visited so far and counting!
As you’d expect with this background, my themes relate to nature, travel, people and animals. I focus on oil painting because I love the vibrancy and viscosity of the medium. I aim to use joyful colour palettes and I’m interested in the indication of form in the mind’s eye. With portraits especially I like to have a sense of narrative, capturing a moment of emotion or thought.
More artwork by Sarah
Landscape with lupins
Portrait of a clown
Portrait of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Landscape Norway
Portrait of a man in black
Portrait of a woman with headscarf
Portrait of a man in yellow
Portrait of a woman with hairslide
Portrait of a man in blue
Portrait of a woman in purple
Japanese landscape
Cretan landscape
Two portraits
With the right shoes a girl can conquer the world
Portrait of a woman with earrings
Pointe shoes
Yellow high tops
Portrait of a woman in red
Yellow heels
Portrait of two cats
Portrait of a collie
Portrait of a couple
Portrait with bleached hair
Golden temple , Amritsar
I am enough
Portrait of a woman
Landscape with sunflowers
Curly haired man
Man with beard
Woman with long hair
Snow leopard
Sunset sailboats
Man in blue
Woman in black
Portrait of a mother and daughter
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