S a r a h B e l l
V I S U A L A R T I S T m o r n i n g t o n p e n i n s u l a / b o o n w u r r u n g c o u n t r y
I hereby acknowledge that I work on what always was and always will be the land of the Boon wurrung/Bunurong people of the Kulin nation. I pay my respects to Elders past and present, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded.
Life is but a Dream
‘Life is but a Dream’ is the title of this body of work, completed over two years of extended lockdowns. Borrowed from the popular children’s rhyme, the words pertain to our humanity as we question our existential relevance in the bigger scheme of things and as we row our boat down a stream towards the unknown.
Anchored in a reverence of the ever-changing atmospheric effects of water, the sea and sky, the pull of the tides by the moon; we dream. The work implies the nostalgia of memory, a connection beyond the self and struggle in the world, elevating above and into the landscape, sensing hope in the the fragility of the luminous, physical and momentary.
Sarah Bell is a painter who lives and works from Balnarring on the Mornington Peninsula,Victoria. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts and a Postgraduate Diploma of Education from Monash University. Bell has held three solo shows and participated in numerous group exhibitions.
Works
 September Blue Moon I$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural oak |  September Blue Moon I, in situ$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural oak |  Moonlight and Waves in Ultramarine. In situ.$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural oak |
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 Moonlight and Waves in Ultramarine.$550. Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural solid oak. |  September Blue Moon IV$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural oak |  September Blue Moon IV$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural oak |
 September Blue Moon II$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural oak |  September Blue Moon II, in situ$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm, framed in natural oak |  The Comfort of Dark, 3am$550. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |
 The Comfort of Dark, 3am, in situ.$550. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |  September Blue Moon III$550.Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak |  September Blue Moon III in situ$550.Oil on canvas. 40 x 50cm |
 Ultramarine and Vermillion, Night, study in situ$285. Oil on canvas. 20 x 20cm framed in oak to 23cm. |  Ultramarine and Vermillion, Night, study$285. Oil on canvas. 20 x 20cm framed in oak to 23cm. |  Reserved. Solstice Vigil, in situ.$2150. 100cm x 100cm, Oil on linen, framed in natural oak. |
 Reserved. Solstice Vigil$2150.100cm x 100cm, Oil on linen, framed in natural oak. |  Sold. Life is but a Dream. In situ.$2150. 100cm x 100cm, Oil on linen, framed in natural oak. |  Sold. Life is but a Dream.$2150. 100cm x 100cm, Oil on linen, framed in natural oak. |
 The Peace of Wild Things$1050. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in charcoal solid oak. |  The Peace of Wild Things, in situ.$1050. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in charcoal solid oak. |  Pink Cumulous.$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |
 Pink Cumulous.$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |  The Nonchalance of Fog$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |  The Nonchalance of Fog, in situ.$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |
 Sold. Study, September MoonOil on canvas. 20 x 20cm framed in oak to 23cm. |  Sold. Study, September Moon in situ |  Colour all Around Me, You and Us.$850. Oil on canvas. 60 x 60cm. Framed in natural oak. |
 Colour all Around Me, You and Us. In situ.$850. Oil on canvas. 60 x 60cm. Framed in natural oak. |  Moonrise in the the Blue Hour.$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |  Moonrise in the the Blue Hour.$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |
 Silver Sea$1200. 76cm x 76cm, oil on canvas, unframed. |  Silent RainOil on canvas. 76 x 76cm framed in oak. Available through &Gallery Australia. Enquiries, link below. |  Silver Sea, in situ.$1200. 76cm x 76cm, oil on canvas, unframed. |
 Blue Day Over the IslandOil on canvas. 76 x 76cm framed in oak. Available through &Gallery Australia. Enquiries, link below. |  Cumulonimbus, Sea Fog and Rising Moon.Oil on canvas. 76 x 76cm framed in oak. Available through &Gallery Australia. Enquiries, link below. |  SOLD Little White Horse at the Point60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. Available through &Gallery Australia. Enquiries, link below. |
 Sold. Edge of the World$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |  Sold. Edge of the World, in situ.$950. 60cm x 60cm. Oil on canvas, framed in natural oak. |