Shapeshifter : Sarah Louise Hawkins

About

Manchester based artist Sarah Louise Hawkins makes objects which sit in the space between painting and sculpture.

Predominantly wall based, and consisting of shaped wooden canvases and constructed architectural and geometric forms, her work uses colour, shape and pattern to investigate spatial and optical perception – compositions based on systems found in grid patterns, geometric shapes, repeated lines and colour combination.

Her painted wooden wall reliefs stretch and flatten solid shapes within space, whilst the patterns on their surface bring about an optical experience, playing with the viewer's perception and creating changing compositions within their line of sight.