Sophie’s recent work has been greatly influenced by her move to Devon and a new-found love of the Dartmoor. She often sketches on the north moors and in Skaigh woods, taking in the mood of the sky, rolling hills and streams or concentrating on the intricate twisted branches and roots of the bracken. Her next stage is to recapture these sketches using oil paint when back at the studio in Kigbeare, thereby creating a strong connection between her work and the landscape. The changeable, moody landscapes awash with colour, horizons and the vast openness have inspired her to explore the feeling of being in this environment, so to describe these works as landscapes would be to miss the essence of the places they strive to capture.
