About Sarnia de la Maré FRSA, artist and illustrator selling through Saatchi

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🎨 About Art by Sarnia

Welcome to the official online archive and creative portfolio of Sarnia de la Maré – visual artist, filmmaker, and author of immersive worlds.

The Artist

Sarnia is a multidisciplinary artist whose career spans over two decades across painting, illustration, film, and experimental storytelling. Her practice merges the classical with the contemporary, drawing influence from natural textures, cyber aesthetics, and feminist theory. With a background in visual arts, music, and performance, Sarnia’s work frequently explores identity, memory, and environmental consciousness.

A Living Archive of Art

Art by Sarnia is both a blog and a living exhibition space. Here, you'll find:

  • Original fine artworks — including large-scale paintings, intricate illustrations, and unique paper-based pieces.

  • Curated collections from across the years — showcasing her evolution through multiple visual styles and thematic phases.

  • Behind-the-scenes insights — including studio practice, materials, and creative process notes.

  • Limited edition coffee table books featuring original artworks, prose, and photography.

  • Links to current exhibitions and gallery sales, including selected pieces available via Saatchi Art.

✨ Explore current works for sale: Visit Sarnia’s Saatchi Gallery
Each piece is professionally shipped worldwide and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

📚 Publications

Sarnia's art is often accompanied by text — either poetic, philosophical, or narrative. Her self-published coffee table books combine these disciplines into collectible art objects. These include:

  • Feral Hymns – an illustrated journey into wild femininity

  • The Gilded Muse – a visual diary of modern mythologies

  • Art & Immersion – selected paintings from The Book of Immersion cinematic universe

Books are printed in small batches and occasionally signed editions are available through the shop.

♻️ Environmental and Eco Film

Sarnia is also an eco-filmmaker, using digital art and cinematography to explore our relationship with the planet. Her environmental films have been featured in international eco festivals and educational campaigns. Themes include:

  • Climate grief and resilience

  • Urban decay and the wild

  • Plant intelligence and poetic ecology

Her short films often combine spoken word and ambient soundscapes, with an emphasis on slow visuals and meditative pace.

🎬 Book of Immersion Cinema

Sarnia is the creator of The Book of Immersion, a multimedia sci-fi saga that blurs the line between book, podcast, animation, and experimental cinema. The project follows Renyke, a hybrid AI being, as he navigates a fragmented post-human world. The visual style mixes digital glitch, found footage, and layered illustration, forming a "cinematic poem in strata."

  • 📽️ Watch episodes and animations on YouTube

  • 🎧 Listen to Immersion Static podcast – radio from beyond the code

  • 📖 Explore the books and visual essays via the Book of Immersion Site

The series is an ongoing worldbuilding project that expands across formats — designed for thinkers, dreamers, and digital wanderers.

🌍 Values & Vision

Sarnia’s work prioritizes:

  • Sustainable printing and production methods

  • Artistic independence and creative integrity

  • Support for neurodiverse, queer, and underrepresented voices in the arts

  • Recycled materials and found-object integration in physical artworks

“Art is not a luxury — it’s a necessity of vision.” – Sarnia

📬 Commissions & Contact

Sarnia accepts occasional commissions and collaborative proposals. Whether you're seeking a bespoke illustration, a visual identity for a music project, or an exhibition piece, get in touch via:

Please use the contact box in the sidebar to connect.

🧠 Stay Connected

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Press

Press Release

For Immediate Release
Artist Sarnia de la Maré unveils a feminist triptych-in-progress: self-portraiture, satire, and the fragile stage of modern womanhood

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA has released City Chicks, the third work in her ongoing selfie-art series, joining The Bridesmaid and Tribal Grandmother to form what is emerging as a powerful triptych-in-progress. This body of work places the artist herself at the centre of a conversation about women, performance, and fractured identity in the digital age.

  • The Bridesmaid (2025) uses Victorian layering techniques and double exposure to create a ghostly, painterly portrait. The work highlights historical erasures of women’s agency while reasserting presence through layered time.

  • Tribal Grandmother (2025) — in both monochrome and a blue-wash colour version — invokes the matriarchal figure as symbol of wisdom, strength, and continuity. The piece speaks to generational memory and the silencing of elder voices in contemporary culture.

  • City Chicks (2025) moves into satirical territory. Here, three golden, mirrored figures tread on fragile eggshells while oversized chicks look on. Bleeding toes expose the cost of “walking on eggshells” for public image, while the absurd chick imagery critiques the infantilisation of women and the absurdity of performance.

Together, these three works form the opening act of a broader project that reclaims the selfie as intellectual and artistic rebellion. The repetition of the artist’s own body—mirrored, fractured, reimagined—collapses the divide between artist, subject, and critic, making the work both personal and universal.

The triptych establishes the tone for the larger series-in-progress: an evolving dialogue between history, myth, and satire, with women’s visibility and vulnerability at its core. Collectors now have the opportunity to acquire these works at their inception, as the series expands into a fuller exploration of identity, endurance, and feminist commentary.

City Chicks is now available exclusively through de la Maré’s Saatchi Art store.

About the Artist

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA (also known as iServalan) is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and writer whose work spans visual art, music, and experimental cinema. Her practice often integrates feminist critique, neurodiverse awareness, and environmental commentary.

Press Contact

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sarniadelamare@gmail.com