Update

So I've had my operation, but sadly still no improvement in my arm and I suppose that means I'm now going to be out of work for a couple more months. However, I need to stay positive and do lots of painting to keep me busy. I already have two oil painting commissions, one of the Scottish hills and the other a replica of one of the Scottish artists.

I have also been looking into what arty things I can get up to in the Cambridge area. I've found several life drawing classes so I'm hoping to attend those every other week, and in the village next to me there is an art club which meets weekly so I will be emailing them this week to ask if I can come along.

Today I updated my website, so please feel free to have a look. I still need to add some more photos to 'It's A Wonderful Life' so it's not a 100% perfect! www.sarahscenic.com

Hello 2014

Okay so I haven't blogged in months but it's a New Year and I think I should start it up again. Sadly I had a skiing accident just before Christmas, resulting in a brachial plexus injury and I have surgery tomorrow. However, I have to stay positive that I'll get movement back in my left arm (phew I'm fortunate I'm right handed!) and as I'm now signed of work for 3 - 6 months, I don't want to spend my time moping around feeling sorry for myself. I want to be proactive, I want to keep up my scenic and painting skills (defo don't want to be a fish out of water when I return to work!) So I'm going to actively blog, begin my own paintings in a months time and brush up on my scenic art skills!

So what have I been up to since I've graduated? Well I worked an amazing month at one of Edinburgh leading Fringe  company 'Assembly' during the summer. I was a site painter, along with two of my bezzies Jude Bomphray and Sophie Martin, working for a great Australian designer called Cassie Sibbin. It was so much fun, I feel very fortunate to be able to work along great talented people, do something I really enjoy everyday and have fun!


Then came along the month of September, where I went down to London. I was lucky to get a work placement with the Royal Opera House, and gosh what an amazing experience that was! There workshop is out in Purfleet, Essex and is huge. I got the chance to work on the opera Don Quoixte, making numerous bricks out of foam, working with amazing painters, and started my own personal project of a perspective painting. 


After two weeks at ROH I went on a lovely family holiday to Provence, but eep following a blissful week away in the hot sun shine I returned to bleak old Glasgow to face unemployment ... Oh the joys! However, 2 weeks passed sending my CV out to everywhere and anywhere I got offered a winter contract at the renowned Scottish repatoire, Pitlochry Festival Theatre. It was a great job to have gotten so soon after graduation, everyone I worked with at PFT had an exciting and talented back story, and I really felt this was a place I could grow as a scenic artist (oh golly getting all soppy as I miss it already!) I worked on their winter show 'It's a wonderful life', and began working in two shoes for their summer season 'Petfect Days' and 'Admirable Chricton.' I'm gutted I couldn't return to finish working on the next two shows, but hey that's the way the cookie crumbles! Hopefully scenic saz will be back painting there soon!!!