Sarah Sackville: A Year of Light & Saint John Gallery HOP*

A Year of Light : Sarah Sackville

Fifty Two New Works by Sarah Sackville – Funded by Arts NB

Sarah has spent the year of working on a collection of over 50 paintings, both rural and in town, mainly viewed from the perspective of a moving car. The work is an attempt to capture an entire year of lighting, mostly at dusk, and showcase how the seasons affect light and colour. Initially viewed at AX in the Spring of 2023 as part of her residency.

Sarah Sackville is from Sussex, New Brunswick. Upon completing studies at the Nova Scotia College of Design in 2001, she set off travelling ready to paint her inspiration. Her brush found expression in the lush temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, the vibrant beach communities of the Caribbean, and historical cityscapes of Western Europe. With worldly eyes Sarah returned to Sussex in 2013 and discovered that her perception of her childhood home had changed by her experiences abroad. Things that were once unremarkable now seemed unique and captivating. She currently paints local New Brunswick scenery, hoping to direct the viewer to the magic in day-to-day life.

Sarah’s painterly style uses realism to anchor the spectator in the familiar. Skillfully using colour and light, Sackville effectively blends the real and surreal, elevating the ordinary to the valued and beautiful.

“Hers is a rare painterly magic that can make such common, everyday scenes, which might easily be overlooked, resonate with something essentially true. More short stories than novels, Sackville’s gift lies in her deft manipulations of the grammars of hue, line, tone, and contrasts that gets to the heart of a subject” – Tom Smart, Director, Beaverbrook Art Gallery.