Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
British, b. 1980
Sophia Milligan is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist, exploring discourses on permanence & evanescence; the eternal, cyclical absolutes of birth & death; motherhood & childhood; and ancient immutable connections. Sophia's works have an affinity with the ancient Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi sabi, and with resonating ripples of intuition and instinct, she illuminates the presence of the ordinary, creating moments of sublime present.
'Born among the wild cliffs and tempestuous seas of west Cornwall, I grew with the intimate details in the twisting lanes and the intense changing light throughout the turbulent seasons. I formed a primordial connection with a deep instinctual sense of being part of the natural narrative, and wherever in the world I may be, this connectivity underpins my practice. Like the wind sculpted hawthorns and sensual coves of weather worn granite, I have been shaped by the powerful energy entwined in this ancient raw environment.’
‘We are the stories of the journeys that came before. I weave into my work the tales of transitory circumstance; of struggle and survival; of forms and textures holding records of evolutionary millennia. I paint, I draw: with marks, mixtures, photography, words; the raw earth; the restless oceans; the whispered breeze. I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within, giving subtleties of existence a pause for contemplation. There is beauty in such poignant breaths. All moments are significant, every pebble of now forms the vast mountain of yesterday, and the great realm of tomorrow's possibilities'.
Sophia has a 1st class honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Arts and World History, and a Masters Degree in Contemporary Visual Arts. Her work is held in international private collections, and exhibitions of her interactive, immersive installation, photography and mixed media works include 'Tabula Rasa', London; 'Superlative', Plymouth; 'Transition', Newlyn; The Eden Project, Cornwall; The European Parliament, Brussels; Kew Gardens, London; and 'The Cameraless Film Festival', Chicago.(Biography provided by Sophia Milligan Art)
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Artist: Sophia Milligan
'Raven's Feast'. Ocean Shore Beach Landscape Contemporary Surrealist blue white
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Raven's Feast'.
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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Winter has cast
Upon lichened stones,
Like driftwood,
The whale's bones:
The raven's feast
Exploring the fl...
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2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Photogram, Conté, Pencil, ...
'Ribbons in the Wind'. Ocean Shore Beach Landscape Contemporary blue yellow
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ribbons in the Wind'.
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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Reeds dance in the morning light, momentarily casting shadows on tide and weather softened stones. Exp...
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2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Photogram
'Winter's Bones, Heart of Spring'. Contemporary still life blue floral nature
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Winter's Bones, Heart of Spring'.
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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The camellia, symbolic of unity, love and devotion, blooms radiantly from within the prote...
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2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Chalk, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photogram
'Ebren Ha Dor, Tremenus'. Framed contemporary landscape, rural sky blue nature
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren Ha Dor, Tremenus'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high a...
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2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Hydrangeas in White' Contemporary monochrome black white drawing nature minimal
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Hydrangeas in White'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Sunlight dancing upon the hydrangeas, blooming in sumptuous summer fullness, giving the shadows depth and form. On...
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2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Paper, Pen
'High Cirrus from the South West'. Framed landscape clouds blue yellow nature
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren ha Dor, High Cirrus from the South West, September'
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high above the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink
'Towards Le Scathe Cove'. Contemporary Landscape, Rural, Sea, Ocean, Beach Blue
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Towards Le Scathe Cove'. Contemporary mixed media landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork, Unframed
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January morning, heavy swell and a strong southwester, rain imminent, sheltering beneath lichen furred granite outcrops.
A plein air painting from the series 'Holan ha Dor' (Meaning 'Salt and Earth in Cornish). West Cornwall is a harshly beautiful peninsula, jutting out into the wild tireless ocean, shaped and moulded by powerful salt laden Atlantic winds, and criss-crossed by ancient, tangled hedgerows. Drawn to the immediacy of moments, underpinned by enduring narratives, Sophia's fluid expressive paintings explores the flux and balance in the nature of all things: The freedom of the air and solidity of the soil; Of anchored stone and rhythmic water; Of human narratives written in the wild landscapes; In the sensual interplay of light and shadow. They capture an essence of the equilibrium between wild raw energy and serene stillness; chaos and harmony; and the enduring and the effervescent.
Mixed media on watercolour paper
Signed and inscribed
Unframed
23 x 30cm / 9 x 12 inches
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About The Artist
Sophia Milligan is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist, exploring discourses on permanence & evanescence; the eternal, cyclical absolutes of birth & death; motherhood & childhood; and ancient immutable connections. With resonating ripples of intuition and instinct Sophia illuminates the presence of the ordinary, creating moments of sublime present.
'Born among the wild cliffs and tempestuous seas of west Cornwall, I grew with the intimate details in the twisting lanes and the intense changing light throughout the turbulent seasons. I formed a primordial connection with a deep instinctual sense of being part of the natural narrative, and wherever in the world I may be, this connectivity underpins my practice. Like the wind sculpted hawthorns and sensual coves of weather worn granite, I have been shaped by the powerful energy entwined in this ancient raw environment.’
‘We are the stories of the journeys that came before. I weave into my work the tales of transitory circumstance; of struggle and survival; of forms and textures holding records of evolutionary millennia. I paint, I draw: with marks, mixtures, photography, words; the raw earth; the restless oceans; the whispered breeze. I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within, giving subtleties of existence a pause for contemplation. There is beauty in such poignant breaths. All moments are significant, every pebble of now forms the vast mountain of yesterday, and the great realm of tomorrow's possibilities'.
Sophia has a 1st class honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Arts and World History, and a Masters Degree in Contemporary Visual Arts. Her work is held in prestigious international private collections, and exhibitions of her interactive, immersive installation, photography and mixed media works include 'Tabula Rasa', London; 'Superlative', Plymouth; 'Transition', Newlyn; The Eden Project, Cornwall; The European Parliament, Brussels; Kew Gardens, London; and 'The Cameraless Film Festival', Chicago...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Color Pencil, Acrylic, Wax, Crayon, Ink, Archival Paper
'Fall Fog Approaching'. Contemporary Landscape Clouds Moody sky Blue Green Brown
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Fall Fog, Approaching'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Heavy skies moving in over the autumnal landscape of West Cornwall: a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
'Ebren Ha Dor, September, Softening'. Framed contemporary landscape, rural sky
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren Ha Dor, September, Softening'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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The dancing light and rapidly changing skies,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Ebren Ha Dor, Shifting Sky'. Contemporary Landscape, Rural, Countryside, Clouds
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren Ha Dor, Shifting Sky'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork, Unframed
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The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high above the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Prye' Contemporary landscape blue sky, yellow stone, earth and air
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'Prye'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Plein air contemporary watercolour painting from the series 'Stone and Air'.
A wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Dawn on silk'. Abstract naturalistic pink cherry blossom blue sky sakura season
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Dawn on Silk'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Capturing the pulse and flush of fleeting youth. Sap rising through branches, buds, blossoms; like blood through the vein...
Category
2010s Abstract Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Hierba Costera Nochebuena'. Nature drawing, earth, air, fire water beach ocean
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Hierba Costera Nochebuena'
Original Artwork
Low winter sun dancing on shingles and salt laden crisp coastal grasses; the tidal dance of the Mediterranean. A drawing scratched and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
'August, Welcomed'. Botanical roses flowers abstract yellow blue brown modern
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'August Remembered'
Original Artwork
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The eucalyptus is swaying softly this morning, dancing with it's shadows and th...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Photogram
'Sal y Cicatrices'. Botanical environmental nature drawing
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sal y Cicatrices'
Original Artwork
Low winter sun dancing on shingles and salt crisped fronds; the tidal dance of the Mediterranean. A drawing scratched and scarred by the caress ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
'Blood in the Veins'. Cherry blossom pink white blue magenta abstract sakura
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Blood in the Veins'
Original Artwork, Unframed.
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Capturing the flush of fleeting youth, the cherry blossoms blush crimson as the sap pulses through branches, b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Pollen and Swallows'. Mixed Media Painting on board, Framed
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'Pollen and Swallows'
Original Artwork
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Capturing the essence of the thick heat of a June afternoon, when the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photogram, Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Board
'Pies Fríos, Corazón Cálido, Nochebuena'. Botanical environmental cyanotype
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Pies Fríos, Corazón Cálido, Nochebuena'
Original Artwork
Low winter sun dancing on shingles and salt laden crisp coastal fronds; the tidal dance of the Mediterranean. A drawing...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
'The Sap is Rising!' Contemporary green blue gold spring maple leaves natural
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'The Sap is Rising!'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Capturing the pulse and flush of fleeting youth, the maples are dressed in their iridescent finery.
'The Sap Is Ris...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Piercing Shafts'. Botanical nature tropical green blue leaf sky abstract
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Piercing Shafts'
Original artwork, framed ready to hang
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Yucca leaves: lances and swords, flashing shafts of sunlight through the piercing forms, a dance of loyalt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Photogram
'Gratitude and Grace'. Botanical Blue Contemporary Abstract Floral Painting
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Gratitude and Grace (Worn out Blue Jeans and Hydrangeas in September)'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Early Autumnal nostalgia, hazy light on pillows of fading hy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Pencil, Paper, Photogram, Ink, Mixed Media
'Beautiful Neglect'. Contemporary abstract landscape, Blue Yellow Red, nature
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Beautiful Neglect'
Original Artwork
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A forgotten corner, sumptuous in its abundant web of life, all the more beautiful for it's neglected freedom. With roots i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Board, Photogram
'Una Buena Mañana Para Lavar'. Environmental rural domestic cyanotype painting
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Una Buena Mañana Para Lavar'
Painting on watercolour paper, with rich deep blue tones of cyanotype solution used as a painting medium.
Early morning sun creeps over the Andaluci...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
'Paradise Remembered'. Botanical environmental tropical painting
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'Paradise, Remembered'
Original Artwork
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Late August sun breaks joyously through the low morning cloud, an easterly breeze rustling through the st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Photogram
'Guijarros y Agua'. Spanish seascape painting, drawing
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'Guijarros y Agua'
Original Artwork (unframed*)
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Winter solstice light dancing on shingles and lapping tidal movements, towering rock formations rise ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Mixed Media, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
'Acantilado Perfumado'. Botanical historic, conceptual Spanish landscape drawing
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Acantilado Perfumado'
Original Artwork
Winter sun bouncing off languorous waters onto scented cliffs of wild rosemary and lavender, their roots entwined in the crumbling tower per...
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2010s Naturalistic Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
'Soldier Protects The Queen'. Botanical environmental mixed media painting
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Soldier Protects The Queen'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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The sculptural strength of the agave, holding proud and protective, around the flashes of silken bloss...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
'To The Slow Graceful Dance'. Mixed Media Painting, Botanical, conceptual
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'To The Slow Graceful Dance'
Original Artwork
A breeze in the theatre, a dance begins, costumes rising to the rhythm of the birdsong choir. The pai...
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2010s Conceptual Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photogram, Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Board, Pencil
'Courage, Wisdom, Protection'. Blue White Nature leaves
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Courage, Wisdom, Protection'
Original Artwork
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Layers of simplistic beauty, the mountain ash tree offers courage, wisdom and protection. The painting captures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photogram, Board
'Restlessly Westward'. Abstract Blue White Movement Minimalist Travel Nature
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Restlessly Westward'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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The west wind is blowing in again off the Atlantic, from the far horizons where the water and the sky join h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photogram, Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
'Pasadena Reflections'. Conceptual, botanical painting in blue and white
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Pasadena Reflections'
Original Artwork
Memories rise and float, tangled in the intangible shadows of time. 'Pasadena Reflections' captures an essence of the ephemeral and the end...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
'Midsummer's Noon'. Blue contemporary nature sunflower abstract painting framed
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
SOPHIA MILLIGAN
'Midsummer's Noon'
Original Artwork, Framed
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In it's transitory beauty the sunflower turns to face the brazen light of the solstice sun. The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photogram, Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
'Silk, Blood and Thorns'. Red Roses. Blue, white contemporary painting framed
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Silk, Blood and Thorns'
Original Artwork. Framed, ready to hang
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"But he, that dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose." - Anne Bronte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Board, Paint, Mixed Media
'Mother and Child'. Botanical environmental woodland, Blue & White Cyanotype
By Sophia Milligan
Located in Penzance, GB
'Mother and Child'
Original Artwork
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Capturing an essence of the ephemeral and the enduring: the fragile balance of nature, in the context of ancient symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sophia Milligan Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Photogram, Mixed Media, Board
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