SCOTLAND
I have 3 oil paintings and a lithograph by Sarah Poland and they bring their own personality into the house. Just walking past them brightens my day and I can easily lose myself sitting looking into them. What would I save on the planet after food, air and water?......... well it would have to be art.
David Adams, Art Collector Scotland
image: Crows Converse With Kings.
Oil on canvas; 100 x 90cm
Either Side Of The Night 2008. Oil on canvas; 100 x 200cm. Nestled in a cottage in the Scottish Borders.
AUSTRALIA
On a trip back to the UK from my new home in Australia a visit to Sarah was a must. I saw this painting and instantly connected to it, loved it, the colours are my kind of colours, and I could see so many little stories in it. Wonderfully, Sarah organised for it to be shipped over to me in Australia. And now it hangs on my wall and keeps me connected to her in some way. I get a huge sense of happy calm as I look into the painting and find a little detail, a little story within the big picture, then stand back and enjoy the energy of the whole. I am still as thrilled to own it now as I was when I first unwrapped it twenty years ago. I have a few other sneaky little pieces by Sarah around the house - how lucky I am!
Ingrid Mulholland
Song Of The Wildwood 2008. Oil on panel; 100 x 110cm. Collection of David Adams.
SCOTLAND
I commissioned this painting after seeing one of Sarah’s graduate show seascapes.
The wonderful thing about it is that it always surprises me every time I see it. I feel I’m about to be drenched by the huge wave. Not many artists have that ability, to draw you in and make you part of what you are seeing.
I have known Sarah for many, and I mean MANY, years. I have watched her grow in artist stature into the amazing artist she now is.
Tom Baker, Photographer, Highlands of Scotland.