Sara Brennan
Born: 1963Sara Brennan originally studied tapestry at Edinburgh College of Art. Her work is an unspoken response to the landscape. Using a refined and reduced approach to colour and form, her work takes two routes; weaving either from her drawings or reacting and responding in smaller works to yarns as they are placed directly next to each other. Sara Brennan obsessively explores the meetings that occur through the surface quality and by a manipulation and an exploitation of the line. She has exhibited internationally and her work is held in numerous public collections.
‘I work from a series of drawings and paintings, often repeatedly exploring the translation of a surface or mark into tapestry. I also work as a direct response to the reaction and relationship between yarns, with a disciplined and restrained approach to colour, tone and form. Choosing each yarn is as important to me and the tapestry as making the original drawing. The yarn must work to help balance and convey the feel and mood. It is vital in the interpretation of the drawing, bringing the tapestry to life...' - Sara Brennan, 2017.
Public Collections include:
Aberdeen City Art Gallery and Museums; HBOS Headquarters, Edinburgh; Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh; Shipley Art Gallery
Sara Brennan's work featured in A Considered Place -The Edit in February 2020.
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Forest With New Green View details
Sara Brennan
Forest With New Green
2017cotton, linen and woolH:72cm W:67cm£7,200Photograph: Shannon ToftsDeep Forest with Old Green View detailsSara Brennan
Deep Forest with Old Green
2015linen, wool, cotton, sewing threadsH:70cm W:36cm£7,200Photograph: Shannon ToftsLittle Yellow Vertical II View detailsSara Brennan
Little Yellow Vertical II
2019linens, wools, cottons and sewing threadsH:7.5cm W:7.5cm£980Little Yellow Vertical III View detailsSara Brennan
Little Yellow Vertical III
2019linens, wools, cottons and sewing threadsH:7.5cm W:7.5cm£980Sara Brennan in her Edinburgh studio View details-
Journey Tree II View details
Sara Brennan
Journey Tree II
2020linens. sewing threadsH:20cm W:19.5cmSoldPhotograph: Michael WolchoverJourney Tree I View detailsSara Brennan
Journey Tree I
2020linens, sewing threadsH:21.5cm W:23cmSoldPhotograph: Michael WolchoverDeep Forest with Old Grey/Blue View detailsSara Brennan
Deep Forest with Old Grey/Blue
2016linen, wool, cotton, sewing threadsH:74cm W:94cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsReservoir Tree II View detailsSara Brennan
Reservoir Tree II
2019linen, cotton, sewing threadsH:40cm W:37cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsTwo Forests with Old Green I View detailsSara Brennan
Two Forests with Old Green I
2018linen, wool, cotton, sewing threadsH:120cm W:120cmSoldPhotograph: Shannon ToftsLittle Yellow Vertical I View detailsSara Brennan
Little Yellow Vertical I
2019linens, wools, cottons and sewing threadsH:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldLoading
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