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Sophie Simpson

Sophie was born and raised in North Yorkshire and lives in the town of Harrogate where she currently works from her home studio.

She takes inspiration from the colour of the sea and finds its many shades and variants tools for tranquillity and calming the mind.

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Sophie Simpson

Sophie was born and raised in North Yorkshire and lives in the town of Harrogate where she currently works from her home studio.

She takes inspiration from the colour of the sea and finds its many shades and variants tools for tranquillity and calming the mind.

Feeling Glacial

Beeswax, Damar resin & pigment
100cm x 100cm

 

Feeling Glacial is a commentary on the current crisis of climate change. The satellite images showing this ice melt struck me as beautiful and abstract. depletion of natural resources that is the cause of this ice melt... I have recreated the satellite imagery in wax.

 

Abstract Painting