Sarah WIMPERIS
Sarah Wimperis is a painter and illustrator who was born in Kent. She graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 1981 and spent many years travelling, including six years in Norway, teaching art, and four years in France, before settling in Manaccan in Cornwall. She has been a regular exhibitor at Beside the Wave in Falmouth since 2008.
In the summer of 2016 Sarah Wimperis travelled to Gdansk, Poland, as the only English oil painter among a 95-strong international team of artists selected to participate in the creation of an animated film on Vincent van Gogh, entitled 'Loving Vincent'. The film is due for release in 2017.
She has led workshops at Truro Arts Company (2018).
media
Painting in oils and watercolour
works and access
Beside the Wave Gallery, Falmouth
exhibitions
2009: Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2010, 2011: Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour - Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2011: Contemporary Impressionism 6-18 Aug, Beside The Wave Gallery + Falmouth Art Gallery
2011: Affordable Art Fair, London
2011: Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
2012: 'Effortless Brushstrokes', Falmouth Art Gallery
memberships
Prime Women Artists
references
Cornwall Today (Nov 2016) 'Impressions from a Film Set' by Viki Wilson