Sarah Graham

These may look like photographs (which is what I thought, when I first saw one of them yesterday in a Manchester Gallery) but they are in fact paintings. Talented artist Sarah Graham uses a macro lens to capture the minute detail of objects which form the foundation of her artwork. What I find most impressive is her ability to recreate the 'depth of field', giving her paintings a 'photographed' look. She says she is' entirely motivated by colour', which explains her subject matter of toys and sweets. Every colour and detail is painstakingly recreated in oil paint on canvas, each one takes a month on average to complete.Sarah’s painting are in high demand, A print of the 3ft by 3ft chupa chup will set you back around £400. Having seen some of her work in the flesh I think this price tag is justified, there is something strangely appealing about seeing a rubber duck blown up to 100 times its normal size!You can see some more of Sarah Grahams work here


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A small update on this post- I saw some more of Sarah's paintings in an art shop in Leeds the other day and apparently her work is a worth while investment. According to the shop assistant prints of the rubber duck are extremely sort after and now cost around £800- a 200% increase in less than a year.
They also had one of her slightly more expensive original paintings on the wall, entitled 'Gnome with Apples' seen here- this one will cost you £13,000!

Another interesting note is that the Kaiser Chiefs have asked Sarah to do their next album cover, apparently its not the next one but the one after that, so we will have to wait and see!