Sally Matthews
Elected to RCA 2000
Born Tamworth, 1964. Lives near Builth Wells, Powys. Studied at Loughborough College of Art and Design.
“My painting tutors continually asked me for deep and meaningful
reasons for my painting animals which I could not provide them with.
Everyone has their own reasons for using animals in their art, but for
me I always go back to the animals themselves for inspiration. My love
of them, their different form, movement, smell and nature are the
reasons for my making them.Their nature, even of a domesticated or
trained animal is unpredictable and wild, their presence is always
enlivening. I want my work to remind people of our need for animals and
the example their nature provides us with.”