The secret of beauty, from the configuration of the petals on a flower to the proportions of a work of art, lie in a geometerical ratio.

Inspired by this ’golden ratio’, a large collection of fascinating and absorbing geometric art created by Sarah Brown has opened in Laxey.

Sarah has created more than 50 eye-catching and visually-arresting individual paintings, created with nothing more than a pair of compasses and a deep understanding of the beauty of geometry.

She opened her exhibition, entitled ’Divine Lines’, at Mother T’s Community Art Gallery on New Road, Laxey during the weekend.

It comprises an eclectic mix of sacred geometry from around the world, including Celtic, Vedic, Islamic, Greek and Indian-inspired designs, along with her own unique Triskelion and Fibonacci sequence compositions, Goddess-inspired egg geometry, Venus figurines, Platonic Solids, Persian birds and much more.

This is Sarah’s second exhibition and the most eye-catching piece is a large Three Legs of Man, created using interlocking circles and the Fibonacci sequence, from which the golden ratio has appeared.

’I was first led to study geometry after I wanted to understand how to create the Three Legs symbol,’ said Sarah. It is obviously a very geometric pattern, but these days you don’t seem to find one drawn without the aid of a computer or by using Photoshop.

’From there I began to become more interested in Islamic art and I found that the same pattern was repeated in many different cultures.

’My big picture of the three legs is created using the Fibonacci sequence.

’The Fibonacci sequence, also called the golden ratio, is thought of as the perfect ratio. It is 1:168. That way of configuring and conforming is just delightful to the eye.

’Many things considered beautiful conform to that sequence, things like a pine cone, a sunflower or the shapes on a pineapple.

’Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man is also an example of things which confirm to the golden ratio.

Sarah has a rare condition called Aphantasia, meaning she has no mental visual imagery.

’Whenever I start a piece of work, I have no idea at all how it comes out until the patterns start to come together!’