A B O U T
Sarah Manolescue is an observational artist with an unrelenting fascination for light and its effects.
Working in oil and predominantly plein air, Sarah prefers to work on small boards and in one session, so to preserve a freshness and immediacy in her work. Rarely does she have a subject or composition in mind, instead she waits for inspiration to strike, first placing large planes of colour, before working into the wet paint to add more information where she deems necessary.
Sarah’s intention is to say just enough; her skilled drawing captures the essence of the scene she chooses to explore. Her eye for detail and the movement of light leaves a powerful, lasting impression of place and time.
Sarah was elected as a full member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) in 2023.
EXHIBITIONS + AWARDS
2024 Autumn Annual, Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone, London
2024 Mixed exhibition, David Simon Contemporary, Somerset
2024 New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2024 In Nature Art For Charity Collective
2023 Elected full member, Royal Institute of Oil Painters
2023 Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2023 A Plein Air Vision, British Plein Air Painters Group, RWS Gallery, London
2023 Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2023 ROI Exhibition, Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
2022 Elected associate member, Royal Institute of Oil Painters
2022 Small Painting Prize, Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition
2022 Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2022 Art for Youth, Mall Galleries, London
2022 Chelsea Art Society Chelsea in colour, Chelsea, London
2022 Chelsea Art Society Annual Open Exhibition, Chelsea, London
2021 Art for Youth, Mall Galleries, London
2021 Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2021 The Way We See It, joint exhibition with Georgina Potter, London
2021 Chelsea Art Society Wedlake Bell Award Exhibition, London
2020 Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2020 Mixed Summer Exhibition, Russell Gallery, London
2019 Art for Youth, Mall Galleries, London
2019 Mixed Winter Exhibition, Russell Gallery, London
2019 Chelsea Art Society Annual Open Exhibition, Chelsea, London
2019 City, Country, Coast, Norman Plastow Gallery, London
2019 Sky Landscape Artist of the Year (pod artist, top three in heat)
2018 Chelsea Art Society Open Exhibition, Chelsea, London
2018 The Artist Exhibition, Patchings Art Festival, Nottingham
2018 New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2017 Chelsea Art Society Open Exhibition, Chelsea, London
2017 Wimbledon En Plein Air, Norman Plastow Gallery, London
2016 Pop-up, Box Galleries, London
2015 Pop-up, Box Galleries, London
2015 A Figurative Series, Norman Plastow Gallery, London
2014 Merton Arts Festival, London
2006-2012 Wimbledon Art Fair, Wimbledon Art Studios, London