My name is Sarah Philips, I’m a freelance artist from Burnett Heads, in tropical Queensland. My work focuses on themes of connection, nature, and transience, emphasising the passage of experience within natural and social worlds. My work is heavily influenced by my time spent on the ocean and the coasts growing up, and as such I specialise in marine subjects and seascapes, as well as portraiture. I primarily work with watercolours and gouache, and have been in practice since 2011. I also regularly work with oils, acrylics, and graphite. I am lucky to be an exhibiting member with the Australian Society of Marine Artists, and to be receiving mentorship from master watercolourist Lawrie Walton.
I hope you enjoy my work.
Exhibitions, shows & residencies:
2023 ASMA National Exhibition– Victorian Artists Society Gallery
2023 Small Boats– Online exhibition hosted by ASMA
2023 Fish and Ships– Online exhibition hosted by ASMA
2023 Lady Nelson Art Exhibition– Australian Wooden Boat Festival ; ASMA ; Lady Nelson Tallship ; TASports
2022 Lady Nelson Residency – Australian Wooden Boat Festival ; ASMA ; Lady Nelson Tallship ; TASports
2022 Victorian Artists Society & ASMA Maritime Exhibition- VAS Frater Gallery
2022 ASMA National Exhibition– Royal Art Society of NSW Lavender Bay Gallery
2022 Harbour Life– Online exhibition hosted by ASMA
2022 Our Ties to the Horizon– Solo show, Brisbane Square Library
2021 ASMA 25th Anniversary Exhibition– Online exhibition hosted by ASMA
2021 Change– Frankston Art Centre
2021 Falling Tides– Solo show, Brisbane Square Library
2020 RAW: Natural Born Artists “Premiere”– The Met Brisbane
2019 Separate Horizons– Solo show, Reverends Brisbane
2018 Trio Eclectic– Bean. Brisbane
2015 Lighthouse Art Show– Burnett Heads Lighthouse Festival
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Awards & Achievements
2021 Finalist Minding the Horizon, Change- Frankston Art Centre
2015 Best In Show Half-lit, Lighthouse Art Show- Burnett Heads Lighthouse Festival