With the support
of several local companies in the Halton area, Sarah has been
visiting sites for one or two days to gather sketches of the
buildings and structures of the businesses. From these sketches
she has created 20 framed pastel pictures for exhibition during
July and August 2004 at the Catalyst
Discovery Centre , the Uk's only museum of chemestry. Sarah
does not use a camera as she find that it inhibits her spontaneity.
We are all chemical
creatures, our very lives are a series of chain reactions, and
Sarah is keen that this element is visible in her work. The
buildings that she depicts are full of energy, the energy of
the people who work in them and whose skillful formulas make
our lives easier, healthier and longer.
Sarah sees the
towers and spires of the industrial skyline as enchanting, as
magical and mysterious as the processes going on within them.
She hopes that her work might open up some other understanding
of industry, some recognition beyond the reflex of rejection
that many people have. While she does not claim to comprehend
the processes involved in the creation of the chemicals upon
which our lives are so dependent, she does appreciate the aesthetic
of the structures that contain them and her work celebrates
another form of creativity.
Sarah Nicholson
gratefully acknowledges the kind support of all the firms involved,
of the Catalyst Discovery Centre and of Halton Borough Council
Arts Development Unit. This project was made possible with a
grant from the Arts Council of England.
