Sarnia de la Maré FRSA
Composer · Artist · Author · Founder of The Continuum Approach
Sarnia de la Maré FRSA (stage name iServalan) is a British composer, artist, and author whose work spans music, film, pedagogy, and visual culture. With a background in music and visual practice, her career has evolved across performance, composition, education, and independent publishing, forming a long-term catalogue that privileges depth, authorship, and continuity over trend or volume.
She is the creator of The Continuum Approach, an original pedagogical framework for music learning that centres orientation, composition, and psychological safety rather than competition or accelerated outcomes. The Continuum catalogue includes scores, studies, essays, books, and recorded works, developed primarily through cello, viola, piano, and double bass, and published independently.
Alongside her pedagogical work, Sarnia composes and produces music exclusively for her own films and narrative projects, maintaining a closed creative loop between sound, image, and text. Her broader practice engages with themes of aging, authorship, human attention, and resistance to automation in creative culture.
Visually, she is recognised for a restrained, fashion-aware aesthetic that integrates instruments, performance attire, and authored merchandise as part of a coherent artistic identity rather than promotional styling. Her work sits at the intersection of contemporary classical music, independent cinema, and experimental publishing.
Sarnia is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She lives and works in the UK.
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Learning collapses when fear enters Continuum Approach iServalan Hardcover Journal
Immersion Cinema Movie Still by iServalan for BOI Transmissions by Sarnia de la Maré Hardcover Journal
Minor Matter Music Video Still by iServalan Book of Immersion Hardcover Journal
The Algea Coloured Art by iServalan for BOI by Sarnia de la Maré Hardcover Journal
The Fly Queen by iServalan Hyper Moving Liquid Style in Full Colour from BOI by Sarnia de la Maré Hardcover Journal
Crying Rabbit by iServalan for Neuro Books by Tale Teller Club Press Hardcover Journal
Immersion Static – Strata 1 Ep 5 VISIONS (Crime-Zone Analogue Sci-Fi Poster no text) Hardcover Journal
Immersion Static – Strata 1 Ep 5 Visions (Analogue Surveillance Poster with text) Hardcover Journal
BOI Strata 1 Movie Still by iServalan Renyke is Old Hardcover Journal
Sketching the News — #2: Britain Copies Denmark Without Reading the Instructions Hardcover Journal
Sketching the News — #1: Trump, the BBC, and the Licence Fee Shake-Down Hardcover Journal
Donald Trump Schoolboy Caricature for Politica UK Cartoons Hardcover Journal
The War Crown: Blair and Trump Attend Cheney’s Funeral (2025) Hardcover Journal
Dog’s Blx no 3 by iServalan DIGITAL AURA Artwork Hardcover Journal
Dog’s Blx no 2 by iServalan AURA Exhibition Art Hardcover Journal
Dog’s Blx no 1 Digital AURA Exhibition Artwork by iServalan Hardcover Journal
Goth Girl by iServalan for Tale Teller Club Press Hardcover Journal
Angry Punk Girl by iServalan for Tale Teller Club Press Hardcover Journal
Punk Girl Band Guitarist by iServalan for Tale Teller Club Press Hardcover Journal
Neural Skull no 1 Strata 20 Book of Immersion no 3 by iServalan Hardcover Journal
Magenta Neural Skull Strata 20 Book of Immersion no 3 by iServalan Hardcover Journal
Yellow Neural Skull Strata 20 Book of Immersion no 3 by iServalan Hardcover Journal
Green Eye Neural Skull Strata 20 Book of Immersion no 4 by iServalan Hardcover Journal
Neural Skull Strata 20 Book of Immersion no 5 by iServalan Hardcover Journal
The Cry-Eye (Cyan Insignia Caste III — The Signal-Seers Hardcover Journal
The Warren-Crest Yellow Insignia Caste Vlll — The Engineers of Bone Hardcover Journal
The Heart-Signal (Pink Insignia) Caste I — The Dream-Keepers Hardcover Journal
The Gnawmother — Rat Commander of the Burrows Hardcover Journal
Strata 27 Control Instincts (Loyalty and Choice) Book of Immersion V II Hardcover Journal
Dinfant Bio and Electronic Mapping Book of Immersion by Sarnia de la Mare Hardcover Journal
Mantis Insignia Book of Immersion Art by iServalan Hardcover Journal
Strata 2 The Maybe Line (Friendship) Book of Immersion V I Art Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion, The First Sighting of Maybeline Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion, Contemplation Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion, Mabel Prepares the Inception Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion, Trepidation Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion, the Animals are Watching Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion, Rewired Hardcover Journal
Ableteen Robot Servant Book of Immersion Strata 1 Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion – “Butterfly Effect” Illustration Strata 1 Hardcover Journal
Mercury POS Book of Immersion Strata 1 Collectors Issue Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion Strata 1 Cover Art Hardcover Journal
Book of Immersion Orange Patch Logo Art Hardcover Journal
Cyborg Bloom – Futuristic Floral Robot Portrait Ship of Sirens Art by iServalan Hardcover Journal
Mr Capricious Music Video Still Art by Tale Teller Club Hardcover Journal
Renyke Dreams of Flex Book Of Immersion Illustration Hardcover Journal
Pucker Up Trump and Putin Politica UK
