Sara Samuelsson
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On this Lammas August evening as the Moon rose and the Sun set, the Pine trees gathered around the stone circle to whisper soothing stories to each other. They were the guardians of this place of celebration where on a fine evening like this one a rainbow would sometimes come to play. The circle vibrated with cosmic energy whilst the stones took their place and the eye of the Arch glinted quietly in the dark shadows.
 
This painting, oil on board, seeks to capure the energy of an August evening of the Celtic harvest festival of Lammas, celebrated in a wood surrounded meadow.
    'Rainbow over Pine Gathering'   2018  825x620mm

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In the Darkness of Winter the pale Moon descends, from the top of the Cairn into the protective arms of the trees. There, in the woodland glade the Stone circle of Trevisco is doing its motionless dance, its flower core made of white pebbles replecting the moon light, sending of sparks of stars and energy. Windswept bare branched trees bow their heads in applauds.

This painting, oil on board, is inspired by the Midwinter solstice celebration near Trencrom in merged with the wind molded trees of Madron Cairn, seeking to capture the white and blue winter light of this time of hibernation and rest.





   'Dancing Stone circle at Trevisco'     2017 825x620mm

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      'Moon Mans' Third Eye'     2018  606x810mm


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        2018  810x610mm


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     'Sunset at Moonrise' 2018  825x610mm


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 'If Boulders could cry'   2017  605x830mm

Deep in a woodland glade a colossal Boulder was quietly resting. It was the home of some of the small people who lived under it great weighty belly. Moss and lichen and little ferns grew on its back covering its granite interior.
Once a moving, living being the Boulder dreamt of the time before it had been turned to stone and looked wistfully up at the Stars above, glimpsed through the trees.

This painting, oil on board, is inspired by the many giant boulders resting in under the area wooded areas of Penwith, very characterful, they often speak to me their own individual story using the language of no words.


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        'Moon resting in clumps of Tussocks' 2017 Oil on board 605x 830mm

        


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'Rainbow over Moorland' 2018  300x400mm
And the Rainbow soared high above the White horse, grazing peacefully on the Lady Downs of the Penwith moorlands.
The castle in the clouds was just beyond the horizon, moving ever further away.

This painting, oil on board, is inspired by the view from my window of the wonderful, ever changing moorlands.

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'Penwith Winter trees stretching for the Sun' 2017 605x810mm


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'The Wind swept through the Pine Needles'
Monotype 2016

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'The Body of the Pine meandered like a Dragon'
Monotype 2016

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'Lichen growing slowly on old Pine'
Monotype 2016


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'Raindrops from Cherry Trees, Stone gateway,
A still rain falling'
ink on paper 2016
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              'Mystical Medlar, Mossy Stones,
                 Buzzards' Cry overhead'
                 ink on paper 2016
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'Zen Pine' ink on paper 2015

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'Beneath the Pine all melts into simply Being'
oil on paper 2015

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'Sunset Pine'
oil on paper 2015

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     'Pine Character'
      oil on board 2015


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               'Ground up close'
                  oil and ink on paper 2015
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               'Grassland Enso'
                  oil and ink on paper 2015

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               'Feathering Grass'
                  oil and ink on paper 2015


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               'Weston Pines'
                  ink on paper 2015

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               'Teapot study'
                  ink and pen on paper 2015

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               'Dancing Pine'
                  ink on paper 2015


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'Pines at Loe Bar'
ink on paper 2013
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               'Everyday Tea pot'
                ink on paper 2015

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                   'Loe Bar Pines'
                    ink on paper 2013


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           'Sitting Figure'
           oil on paper 2013

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'Tumultous'
oil on paper 2013

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                   'Pine Needles'
                   oil on paper 2013


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'Gazing at the Moon'
oil on board 2015

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'With my back to a Pine'
oil on paper 2015

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'The Shy Creature'
oil on paper 2008


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'Rocks of St Agnes'
oil and ink on paper 2013

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'Rockscape of Bryher'
 oil and ink on paper 2015

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'Rock of St Agnes'
oil and ink on paper 2013


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