Blackboards
During my MFA 2002-4 , Sarah produced a series of Blackboards some in oil some in chalk. She was interested in the evolution of writing as a form of human communication and embedded in the work are writings that have been fully or partially erased. Written language, being a trace archaeology of what has preceded. She was interested in showing that meaning does not have one origin, and that one should challenge the fallacy of given knowledge being the truth. The broader influences on her work at that time were interests in language and mapping.
Later works on blackboard are Mari Lwyd/ Y Fari Lwyd 2014 and Ghost Bird Dreaming 2020 both of which describe liminal states.
Blackboard III
Blackboard paint on board and oilstick (153 x 122 cm)
Blackboard Dyptych 2004
Mari Lwyd - 2014
The Written 2004
About Sarah
Sarah Rhys is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living and working between west Wales and Bristol.
Sarah is interested in reinterpretation of landscape, ecologies and folklore with a recent focus on the coracle- a small welsh river vessel.
She curates Oriel Archipelago a sometimes gallery in Llansteffan, West Wales.
@oriel-archipelago
Sarah contributed to ‘HON’ a bilingual publication on Women Artists in Wales, edited by Christine Kinsey and published by The H’mm Foundation.
She is a member of:
Spike Island Associates (Bristol)
Photo © Dan Rea 2025