Gallery
Gill has a fine arts background and works mainly in paint, inks and collage. Her larger pieces incorporate dyes and paint sticks on fabric for bigger venues. She is inspired by the human figure and by natural forms in creation, particularly how these can reveal something fresh about who God is when we know how to really see.
This selection gives an overview of the breadth of her work over the past 15 years. Smaller images often incorporate inks and collage whereas the larger pieces, often intended for large church interiors, are done on fabrics of different textures and density using Procion dyes which are vibrant and colour fast.
This selection gives an overview of the breadth of her work over the past 15 years. Smaller images often incorporate inks and collage whereas the larger pieces, often intended for large church interiors, are done on fabrics of different textures and density using Procion dyes which are vibrant and colour fast.
"Growing Together" November 2021
A hand-dyed and printed tablecloth created in response to the Hazelnut Community Farm in Bristol which is part of a touring exhibition to be hosted by churches or other organisations in 2022 with full engagement and resource materials. Click on the link for further information about The Creation Project.
www.hazelnutcommunityfarm.com/creationproject
www.hazelnutcommunityfarm.com/creationproject
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Ash Wednesday Art 2019Visual documentation of Ash Wednesday cleaning in Winchester Cathedral.
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Eclat, displayed at The Art of Mary exhibition, Southwell Minster in January 2016As quoted in an article Contemporary Marian Visions by Pat Ashworth in The Church Times, "Gill Sakakini's Mary...is an athletic, muscular girl, knees bent, arms outstretched, almost flying in abandon as she hears the news" (of the annunciation).
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Réfléchie, displayed at The Art of Mary exhibition, Southwell Minster in January 2016As quoted in an article Contemporary Marian Visions by Pat Ashworth in The Church Times, "[Gill Sakakini's Mary is] naked, clasping her knees and deep-thinking as the portent of it all strikes home."
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Basilica San Francesco, Assisi, ItalyFrom a pleine-air study, this piece uses multiple tissue paper layers to create space, with detail re-drawn after in white gouache.
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Allotment Days, Old Basing, EnglandThe mark making in this painting tries to interpret the rambling, wild growth of late summer along with the beautiful forms of full seed heads seen from a low view point.
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Beach in Norfolk, EnglandTo create depth in this piece I used painted collage strips to evoke the faithful yet mysterious rhythm of the tide. It speaks of the overlooked pulses of creation but of the Creator’s faithful attention.
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Sunflowers, Oxfordshire, EnglandDetail from two panels in a Cotswold church. The light silk texture contrasts with the solid stone and its soft, warm palette is distinctive against the cool neutral background.
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Portrait, Life StudyDrawn from a life model using inks and pastel on paper, this weekly discipline presents ever fresh opportunities to make marks which capture the aliveness of the human form.
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Dancer, PoisedCharcoal on paper. This piece was inspired by the 2011 Royal Academy exhibition, Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement. The compact gesture is portrayed by tonal economy.
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The Dance of the TrinityThis painting was part of a choreographed dance and dramatic reading performance. It visually explores the perichoresis of diversity and harmony in Trinitarian theology.
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From the 8 part series, St Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer, Vancouver, Canada
These textile pieces using dye and oil based paint sticks were created in Vancouver, Canada and reflect a visual consideration of the prepositions contained in the prayer. They ask, “Where am I in relation to Christ in this image”? These are not static pieces but may be physically interacted with and permit an embodied response to the question.
Christ Before Me
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Christ Beneath Me
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Christ in Quiet
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Christ in Danger
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From the series, The Big Story, Basingstoke, England
These large pieces highlight some of the central events of the Christian story and were created on heavy weave fabric in a combination of fabric dye and paint with wax resist. Each one was introduced with the corresponding sermon series and built up a big picture which told the story in its own way.
Christ -
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Church -
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Consummation -
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