Sally Bassett

The essence of Sally's work is its energy and colour. She is drawn repeatedly to three sources of inspiration, the sea, the landscape and wild flowers.
Work commences with observational drawings and colour notes collected in a small sketch book.
Much of her work is based on being in the landscape or by the sea in all seasons and weathers. This allows many of her pieces to capture the atmosphere and feeling of the moment.
Work includes acrylic paintings on canvas and board, collages, collographs and collograph prints and silk pictures using steam fix dyes.

I have done a number of paintings inspired by and old apple orchard near where I live in the Chilterns. In Springtime the grass in the orchard is lush,, wild flowers bloom in the grass and there is birds song all around. I have tried to catch the exuberance of Spring in with the blossom on the trees making a momentary magic garden.[Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
This painting was done from a sketch i made while in Newquay on the north coast of Cornwall. In this painting I have tried to catch the motion of water by repeated splashing of paint. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
The inspiration for this painting has come from a visit to Kynance Cove on the Lizard in Cornwall. Here the sea swirls about as if in a cauldron. It is dangerous for swimmers but marbvellous for wave watching. I have tried to capture the drama of the sun on the sea, and the waves crashing against dark rocks. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
This painting was done from a sketch I made when I stopped to admire the luscious red berries on a wind sculpted hawthorn bush.I liked the movement created in the branches of the tree by the effects of westerly gales and the bright interest created by the berries.  While I sketched in the field swallows and swifts screamed overhead. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts
This art piece was made after I had gone for a walk after it had snowed. The interest is created by the two people walking down the edge of the field with the walker wearing a red jacket. I liked the division of space, the wide expanse of snow covered field and the far field edged by the horizon.   [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
Cadgewith is a small fishing village wedged between rocks on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall. Each year I try to do some small mixed media pieces inspired by the bright boats and colours of the village. This piece is one of the results. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
I have done a number of art works from the original photograph of these two fishermen sorting their catch.The final pieces are not much like the original photograph any more. I like the dynamics of the tilted boat, the two fishermen in their bright waterproofs and the soft cascade of netting being drawn into their hand. The net in the men's hand is the focal point drawing the eye towards them.  I have experimented with a number of different printing and painting techniques to try and get the nets to be net like! [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
Here I have repeatdly splashed and dripped the paining onto the canvas to try and capture the movement of water. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
This is one of a number of collages I did of a yacht cleaving though the waves.I somwtimes like to do collages because they give me the ability to create a three dimensional effect. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
I like doing collages because of the three dimensional feel this allows me to achieve. I am excited by the curves of the ropes and the boats, and the bright colours provised by the boats and flags. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
For a short time each year one of the meadows near where I live is covered with lush grass, wild flowers and buttercups. This is when try to get into the filed to sketch and photograph before going into my studio to make large pieces. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
Whikle visiting another artist's studio I followed the lane to her house up past ripening corn and a filed edged with poppies. I liked the way the fields fitted together in ever dicreasing shapes to create a picture. I have done a number of paintings based on my sketches and the photographs I took while walking along the side of the poppy edged field [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
This embelished collograph print is printed from a collograph inspired by a tiny fishing cove called Church Cove near Lizard point on the Lizard in Cornwall. The narrow entrance to the slipway can be viewed from rock that juts into the sea. Only very small fishing boats can be hauled out onto the slipway. I have made several different impressions of the cove using different colour combinations. Each combination of colour creates a different mood. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]
This is a tiny collograph which represents a quay and the steps leading down from it. The curving shapes of boats and ropes in a harbour give endless possibilities and inspiration for art work. [Sally Bassett - Herts Visual Arts]

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