Sarah Hope

Resident artist at the Welsh National Opera since 2005, Sarah works alongside Nichola Hope to create drawing and paintings directly from life, during rehearsal and performances. Sarah has worked on many performances including Carmen, Tosca, The Magic Flute and Falstaff. Sarah has an interest in sight size drawing technique, training the eye through working from casts. She has studied this approach in the UK and at the Lack Atelier in Minnesota, USA. Elements of theatricality link the works of Nichola Hope and Sarah Hope. In the works, theatricality comes from the subject through the use of composition, gesture, costume and props. Masquerade costume and performance all become elements of identity. On another level, the artist engages with the role of performer through the means in which the figure is represented in an imaginary space.