“Through a gradual build-up of the repeated mark I establish movement and progression; minute changes can determine, advance or arrest the flow; the implication of time passing being embodied in the activity itsel”, Sara Willett  

Working on a substantial scale Sara Willett uses heavy boards onto which she systematically layers acrylic paint. She then returns to interrupt the layering by ‘excavating’ into the acrylic with repeated circular gestures.  The results are bold, intense, visually mesmerising tonal paintings that emerge from what might almost be obsessive compulsion - a visual ambiguity is manifest. The repetitive gouged hollows swarm across the surface, light on dark, to confuse the eye and trick the brain.

Willett trained as a fine artist specialising in painting and printmaking. Her paintings are held in collections in the UK and worldwide and have been featured in a-n magazine. Willett’s work is currently on view at Beverley Knowles Fine Art, West London in the show One Fine Day with Franki Austin (3 May – 28 June 2008) www.beverleyknowles.com

Founding member of artist’s initiative Painted Circle to develop vacant retail spaces in central London, in collaboration with landlords and local businesses, for use as temporary gallery spaces.

Set and costume designer for Lewisham Education-funded musicals India (2002), Light (2003), The Vicorians (2005) and Egypt (2006) with director Olivia Fuchs and composer John Lunn.

To contact Sara Willett please email Sara@jlunn.com or call 020 7639 3808 / 07730 066 512.