Contemporary artist Sara Pope is well known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from her experience working for several years in the fashion industry as a shoe designer, and in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the glamour and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Raising questions of beauty, consumerism, and the rise of image perfectionism Sara imitates the slickness of advertising, whilst provocatively subverting its themes.

All her paintings from this series start with a photographic shoot, a model and some make up. Sara is completely in control of each creative aspect, from the makeup, to the lighting and finally taking the photographs. Exploring the ideas of communication, she asks the model, to think of emotions, love, happiness or flirtation, which she captures photographically. Using the photos as a starting point she paints each piece by layering several thin layers of oil paint. A translucent, glass like quality results, achieving a, ‘polished’ version of reality. Sara is also known for her portraits, most notably having a portrait of the Pope accepted into the Vatican collection. Sara works in series’ or ‘collections’, painting a body of work with common stylistic elements and colour palette, as with seasonal collections in fashion.


Sara featured in the JEALOUS X SAATCHI show RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, 2021.

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  • Avatar 1 (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Avatar 1 (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Avatar 1 (AOAP)

  • Decadence Red with Gold Leaf (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Red with Gold Leaf (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Red with Gold Leaf (AOAP)

  • Spoiler Alert (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Spoiler Alert (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Spoiler Alert (AOAP)

  • Emotional Gangsta (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Emotional Gangsta (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Emotional Gangsta (AOAP)

  • Aphrodite (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Aphrodite (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Aphrodite (AOAP)

  • I Miss You (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    I Miss You (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    I Miss You (AOAP)

  • Ice Pop (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Ice Pop (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    Ice Pop (AOAP)

  • I Miss You - Glitter (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    I Miss You - Glitter (AOAP)

    SARA POPE
    I Miss You - Glitter (AOAP)

  • DRESSED TO KILL (Film Edition)

    SARA POPE
    DRESSED TO KILL (Film Edition)

    SARA POPE
    DRESSED TO KILL (Film Edition)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Coral)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Coral)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Coral)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Black)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Black)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Black)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Baby Pink)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Baby Pink)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Baby Pink)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Yellow)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Yellow)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Yellow)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Green)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Green)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Green)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Orange)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Orange)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Orange)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Purple)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Purple)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Purple)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Azure Blue)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Azure Blue)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Azure Blue)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Pink)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Pink)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Neon Pink)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Sky Blue)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Sky Blue)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Sky Blue)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Fuchsia)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Fuchsia)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Fuchsia)

  • Decadence Goes Pop (Yellow)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Yellow)

    SARA POPE
    Decadence Goes Pop (Yellow)

  • KISS Royal Gold - AP

    SARA POPE
    KISS Royal Gold - AP

    SARA POPE
    KISS Royal Gold - AP

  • ROX

    SARA POPE
    ROX

    SARA POPE
    ROX

  • Scarlet Starlet (Print Edition)

    SARA POPE
    Scarlet Starlet (Print Edition)

    SARA POPE
    Scarlet Starlet (Print Edition)

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