SSA ESSAY PROJECT | SARAH KUDIRKA
For our first essay of 2026, we are pleased to publish ‘On Productivity, Paint and Polaroids’ by SSA Professional Member, Sarah Kudirka
Sarah is an artist whose work explores the shapes and edges of things derived from places we inhabit or remember. She paints iteratively, with oils applied and trashed back over months, sometimes years, to make “work that is beautiful, layered and thoughtful”. Overtly handmade, her colourful paintings on linen have often have a deeply-textured, subtly resonant surface. Alongside her more conventional paintings on linen, she paints and draws constantly over Polaroids and sometimes directly on found objects such as metal furniture or vinyl records.
Read Sarah’s related essay at the link below:
The SSA essay programme intends to highlight the creative thinking of our members and to provide a platform for expressing and sharing our opinions on Art, Life and the World.
SSA Members are invited to submit essays for consideration by the SSA Essay Steering Group. This Group will look for essays containing original ideas and pertinent comments on the arts and beyond. You might, for example, like to write about your own art practice, the work of other artists you are familiar with, shows you have seen, or your musings on creative and cultural life.
Further information on the essay project can be found HERE>>