by SarahThorntonSmith | Aug 17, 2025
slow emotion replay suite of works “Memory is a vinyl disc. In our heads, a phonograph plays endlessly. The music is sometimes sublime, other times discordant. A scratch in the record might see the needle jump and skip in a loop of revision and reinterpretation....
by SarahThorntonSmith | Aug 17, 2025
Donnelly River Verandah Residency “Walking around #donnellyrivervillage into the karri forest surrounds this morning was ethereal. Soft softsounds of twitterings could be heard amongst the footfalls under my sneakers, whilst I looked in wonder at the morning...
by SarahThorntonSmith | Aug 16, 2025
Never Alone : Human, Animal, Artist Lepidos series A meditation on sublime animal beauty, this series draws on the intricate, overlapping lepidos—scales—of moths drawn to the light of full moon nights. Rather than my usual gradated painted hues, I worked with...
by SarahThorntonSmith | Aug 15, 2025
A Concentrated Experience The ferae naturae series grew from time spent at the Donnelly River verandah residency, where I became absorbed in the minutiae of the forest floor—small leaves, curling stems, and shifting patterns of light. In the studio, these impressions...
by SarahThorntonSmith | Aug 15, 2025
Heartlines II In this iteration – “Heartlines II”, Sarah Thornton-Smith continues with a secondary installation of intertwined sculptural foldings and repeated patterns, exploring her diasporic journey and cultural amalgamation. Rooted in Malay-Chinese heritage...
