Suffolk Gallery

Description

"Guernsey Coast" original oil on canvas 23cm x 33cm
by Sarah Louise Kilpack inscribed (very faintly) verso
in original gilt frame with label Thomas Grigg 12 High Street Guernsey
A very calm and light painting these were rare in her output, many of Kilpack's works depict stormy seas and have a sense of foreboding.

Sarah Louise Kilpack first travelled to the Channel Islands in the early 1860’s where she became a frequent visitor. She remained somewhat distrustful of people, which is reflected in the stormy nature of many of her paintings. In 1876, following the demise of her father, she gave up music and concentrated on art. She became a very successful artist with a particular focus on marine art, exhibiting 119 landscapes at the Society of Women Artists between 1867 and 1909,[6] and also at the British Institution.[7] In the early 1880s she was earning about £500 a year from painting. She died in 1909 of cancer.