Sara lives on the Isle of Wight and studied Fine Art at Cumbria Institute of the Arts in Carlisle. After graduating in 1995 she worked as an illustrator and designer, in-house and freelance, for varied commissions including homeware for high street retailers, magazine editorials, greetings cards and book illustrations. Clients included Smithsonian Magazine, The Guardian, Hachette UK and The Big Issue. 

Returning to figurative painting, Sara now exhibits her work and is available for portrait commissions. Portraying her sitter in a representational style, she chiefly concerns herself with capturing the sitter’s likeness. Her work frequently aims to hint at the inner world of the sitter through fleeting thoughts and quiet emotions.

EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bath Society of Artists, Preselected
2024 IWAC Late Summer Exhibition, Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight
2024 Visual Arts Scotland, 'Now and Then', Dalkeith Palace, Scotland
2024 IOW Open Studios Showcase, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight
2024 East Quay Open, About Identity, West Somerset
2024 Gosport Museum and Art Gallery, Gosport
2023 Shortlisted, Monkton Arts Prize, Isle of Wight
2014 Winter Salon, The Depository, Isle of Wight

OPEN STUDIOS
2024 24th, 25th, 31st August and 1st September 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Shelf Life, Rope Store, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight