Sarah paints from her seafront studio upstairs at The King’s Theatre, Kirkcaldy and often packs up her van and art materials to go find inspiration from remote outdoor adventures and solitude. 

Sarah’s work focuses on how ever-changing conditions create a mood and an energy in the landscape that is both fleeting and powerful.  Sarah’s work explores the intersection of light, atmosphere, and emotional experience. She sees parallels between the human experience and the transient nature of light and weather conditions.  Capturing the beauty of fleeting moments, blending darkness with the hope of a new dawn or guiding the way to renewal and brighter times.

Sarah says

“I have always been an artist, as a new graduate from Edinburgh College of Art I had all the confidence and naivety of a 20 something to apply for everything I wasn't qualified for and quickly found myself in a full time residency as an arts facilitator and completing big collaborative commissions for new NHS facilities. This led to an amazing 20 year career in arts engagement but I was always encouraging my participants to create. While I really enjoyed supporting people I felt like I was coasting creatively and neglecting to develop my own voice as an artist.   I started to paint consistently in 2021 and I have been on a really steep and exciting learning curve ever since then.

My work now comes from a place of soul searching and life experience, giving people something to relate and connect to. It's not easy but it is so rewarding.” 

BA(Hons) Illustration & PG DIP Visual communication, Edinburgh College of art.