Sophia Milligan Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

'Dawn on Silk' Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Capturing the pulse and flush of fleeting youth. Sap rising through branches, buds, blossoms; like blood through the vein...

'Blood in the Veins' Original Artwork, Unframed. _____________________ Capturing the flush of fleeting youth, the cherry blossoms blush crimson as the sap pulses through branches, b...

'The Sap is Rising!' Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Capturing the pulse and flush of fleeting youth, the maples are dressed in their iridescent finery. 'The Sap Is Ris...

'Raven's Feast'. Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ Winter has cast Upon lichened stones, Like driftwood, The whale's bones: The raven's feast Exploring the fl...

'Towards Le Scathe Cove'. Contemporary mixed media landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ 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 __________________________ 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...

'Hydrangeas in White' Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Sunlight dancing upon the hydrangeas, blooming in sumptuous summer fullness, giving the shadows depth and form. On...

'Ribbons in the Wind'. Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ Reeds dance in the morning light, momentarily casting shadows on tide and weather softened stones. Exp...

'Winter's Bones, Heart of Spring'. Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ The camellia, symbolic of unity, love and devotion, blooms radiantly from within the prote...

'Ebren Ha Dor, Tremenus'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high a...

'Ebren Ha Dor, September, Softening'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ The dancing light and rapidly changing skies,...

'Silk, Blood and Thorns' Original Artwork. Framed, ready to hang ___________________________________ "But he, that dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose." - Anne Bronte...

'Ebren ha Dor, High Cirrus from the South West, September' Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high above the ...

'Beautiful Neglect' Original Artwork _____________________ A forgotten corner, sumptuous in its abundant web of life, all the more beautiful for it's neglected freedom. With roots i...

'Fall Fog, Approaching'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Heavy skies moving in over the autumnal landscape of West Cornwall: a ...

'Gratitude and Grace (Worn out Blue Jeans and Hydrangeas in September)' Original Artwork, Unframed _____________________ Early Autumnal nostalgia, hazy light on pillows of fading hy...

'Restlessly Westward' Original Artwork, Unframed _______________________ The west wind is blowing in again off the Atlantic, from the far horizons where the water and the sky join h...

'Soldier Protects The Queen' Original Artwork, Unframed ______________________ The sculptural strength of the agave, holding proud and protective, around the flashes of silken bloss...

SOPHIA MILLIGAN 'August Remembered' Original Artwork _________________ The eucalyptus is swaying softly this morning, dancing with it's shadows and th...

'Ebren Ha Dor, Shifting Sky'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high above the...

SOPHIA MILLIGAN 'Midsummer's Noon' Original Artwork, Framed ________________________ In it's transitory beauty the sunflower turns to face the brazen light of the solstice sun. The...

SOPHIA MILLIGAN 'Pollen and Swallows' Original Artwork ________________________ Capturing the essence of the thick heat of a June afternoon, when the ...

SOPHIA MILLIGAN 'Prye' Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Plein air contemporary watercolour painting from the series 'Stone and Air'. A wo...

SOPHIA MILLIGAN 'Guijarros y Agua' Original Artwork (unframed*) ______________ Winter solstice light dancing on shingles and lapping tidal movements, towering rock formations rise ...

SOPHIA MILLIGAN 'Paradise, Remembered' Original Artwork ___________________ Late August sun breaks joyously through the low morning cloud, an easterly breeze rustling through the st...

'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...

'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 ...

'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...

'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 ...

'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...

'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...

'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...

'Courage, Wisdom, Protection' Original Artwork ______________________ Layers of simplistic beauty, the mountain ash tree offers courage, wisdom and protection. The painting captures ...

'Mother and Child' Original Artwork ________________________ Capturing an essence of the ephemeral and the enduring: the fragile balance of nature, in the context of ancient symboli...