The human figure is where the fascination of this english artist lies, on a continual search to find new ways to present the nude. Peering at  sexuality through a female eye Sandra Turnbull questions beauty and its distortion, looking to evoke a reaction. Snapshot moments remain, prompted by an emotion, colour, shape, a sound; her work comes from a deep sense of compulsion. The emotion bleeds through the colour and the images find their way to the canvas.

Currently working on a endless exploration between what we think and feel and what we actually chose to say and expose to others; the inevitable gap that Art serves to bridge. In our current time it is difficult to move people - the conscious mind can be a saturated place. The world has become a battle ground and self preservation prevails. TurnbullI believes that creating Art is an uncontrollable desire to express an explosive emotion. In her work there’s an etherial defiance in the confrontational nudes. The vibrant colours, offset framing and humour  are  tools to lead peple into their emotions.

Before becoming a full time artist, Turnbull worked in the music industry, managing talents including Eurythmics, Shakespeare’s Sister and Londonbeat. Since then she has spent time studying the body; through yoga, pilates, Aikido and Iaido, a practice that helps develop freedom of mind and body. Through strict discipline she is learning to keep the mind fluid and loosen the confines of  outer reality.

Turnbull believes painting can alter our mood and open a dialogue with the unconscious mind. The viewer responds from a deep place or moves on. It's all alright. For her, creating and viewing Art is about letting go, abandoning restraint and just being in the moment.

Solo Shows

2006 - 2007
The Great Exhibition Room, Arlington Gallery, London

2006
"For Peel" No More, Grey Gallery, London

2006
Captured, The Woburn Gallery, London

2004
Strangeness and Calm, Off Broadway Gallery, London

2003
Animated Suspension, Lincoln Lounge, London

2002
From The Waist Up, Florians, London

2001
Flesh, Schreiber Woodall, London

Group Shows

2005
Night On Earth, Curator Harry Pye, Oh! Art Gallery, Oxford House, London

2005
Open Studios, The Chocolate Factory, London

2004
Mothers, Edinburgh Art Centre, Travelling Group Show

2004
Inhibitions, Standpoint Gallery, London

2004
Mothers, Oh! Art Gallery, London

2002/ 2003
Art 4 Arts Sake, Hampstead, London

2001
Four, The Conningsby Gallery, London

2000
Open Exhibition HAC, London

1999 /2000/01/02/03/04
Open Studios, Chocolate Factory, London

Publishing

2005
Ars Erotica, Coffee Table Book, including images by Turnbull, Carlton Books published through Harper Collins, UK

2004/2005
Published in La Reata, Panchromatic Books, Poetry/Art

1989
Published in The Fred magazine, UK

Studies

English Graduate
R.A.D trained dancer
Sculpture with Keith Bowler, Kingsway College, London
Drawing with Vincent Milne, Hampstead School of Art, London
Mixed Media with Caroline List, Central St Martins, London