Based in the stunning landscape of the Yorkshire Dales Sarah Smith is a sculptor who works mainly in stone and clay. Born in 1965 in Yorkshire, Sarah has studied figurative art for many years including full-time study at The Elizabeth Frink School of Figurative Sculpture and a year of stone carving in Pietrasanta, Italy. Her work has been exhibited widely throughout the UK, including The Orangery and The Oxo Tower in London, The Glasgow Art Fair and The Bruton Gallery in Yorkshire. Sarah's sculptures are held in various private collections as well as in commercial offices.
Her return to live in North Yorkshire full-time 4 years ago has seen a stronger influence of the natural landscape emerge in her work. This has led to extensive new work being commissioned for gardens and woodland. Sarah has also been commissioned for portraits by a number of private individuals and her portrait work includes in 2005 Fred Trueman, the Yorkshire Cricketer (1931-2006) and Mary Spencer-Watson, the sculptor (1913-2006).
Sarah's sculptures are suitable for both internal and externalspace and often relate to her interest in the growth of human consciousness, what we hide - what is inside. The influences of the sculptor Alan Thornhill and past modern masters such as Constantin Brancusi have helped shape Sarah's thoughts on sculpture and how she pursues her ideas.
".... the only true art will come from what you find inside yourself" - Brancusi
