From Where I Stand, The Body of Work
A solo exhibition by Sarah-Jane McCarthy

A selection from the last 6 years of her practice exploring femininity, womanhood, gender, self identity and mental health through drawing, painting, and print. She shows an appreciation for all sides of a woman’s beauty, favouring the unconventional and rejecting societal expectations of how to hold oneself. Her work is an expression of the enjoyment of process and this is held as paramount, above needing any other reason to exist. It is a journey of finding a language in a world where there is pressure to turn passion into consumer products, she instead looks for authenticity.

Sarah-Jane draws inspiration from artists such as Jenny Saville, Barbra Walker and Donna Huanca, particularly their ambition with large scale pieces - venturing into this territory herself in her most recent work. Drawings from the life room are a big part of her practice, showing both the study of anatomy and a celebration of bodily form. She strives to push the limits of the medium and hopes to inspire others to do the same in their own line of work.