Sarah paints figurative
oil paintings from life.
Sarah is a contemporary figurative oil painter working from life in her attic studio under natural light or en-plein air in the Cotswolds.
Her paintings are about honest observation. Whilst exploring the subtle tonal relationships of colour and light, she endeavours to interpret what she see’s as true to nature in a painterly yet refined way.
Sarah was born in 1974 in Devon and after gaining a first-class degree in Fine Art ceramics and textiles following an art foundation course, she took off traveling through China, Tibet and Japan and ended up living on a junk in Hong Kong. Upon returning to the UK, via Mongolia and Russia she worked as a children’s book designer and art director for an Oxford publisher for twenty years.
Sarah has exhibited and sold work Spencer House Gallery, Tetbury, Artysan, Stow-on-the-Wold, The Minster Gallery, Winchester, The Coln Gallery Fairford/Cirencester, Sarah Wiseman Gallery and the Ashmolean Café, Oxford, WestOxArts Gallery, Oxfordshire and abroad in Villefranche, France.
Recent training courses with Hugo Grenville School of Painting, Marcus Hodge, Anatasia Pollard, Haidee-Jo Summers, Sarum Studio, Robin Mason, Jenny Aiken & Norfolk Painting School.
Upcoming Exhibitions/Events
Solo Exhibition Burford Library, Burford. 6-16th June 2024
Solo Exhibition - Observe Crumps Barn Studio, Cirencester. 2-17th Sept 2023
Festival of Flowers Crumps Barn Studio, Cirencester. 5-28th May 2023
Eye of the Beholder II Spring Opening Spencer House Gallery, Tetbury. May 2023
Artysan Stow-on-the-Wold. Dec 2022 - ongoing exhibition
Derwent House Witney. 2021- ongoing display
Artist in Residence Sonnenhof-Julliet, Saas Fee Switzerland March-April 2023
Awards
Finalist Open Art Exhibition Broadway Museum & Art Gallery, Cotswolds. Oct 2022
Third prize for my painting ‘Bunting Down College Court’ for the Art in the City Plein Air competition in Gloucester 2022
Previous Exhibitions
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER CHRISTMAS SHOW, Spencer House Gallery, Tetbury Nov-Dec 2022
ART IN THE CITY WINNERS EXHIBITION, Gloucester Brewery. Sept-Nov 2022
OPEN ARTS JAM FACTORY, Oxford August to October 2022
OXFORDSHIRE ARTWEEKS, WEST OX ARTS, THE JAM FACTORY, & DERWENT HOUSE, April-June 2022 (group)
THE COLN GALLERY Fairford & Cirencester works for sale
WEST OX ARTS Winter Wonderland, Bampton, Oct-Dec 2021
OXFORD ART SOCIETY OPEN EXHIBITION, August-Sept 2021
BICESTER ART EXHIBITION, Oxfordshire, August 2021 (group)
LANGFORD ARTS FESTIVAL, Oxfordshire, July-August 2021, (group)
NEW WORK, WEST OX ARTS, Pop-Up exhibition, Bampton, June 2021
OXFORDSHIRE ARTWEEKS, WEST OX ARTS, Bampton, May-June 2021 (group)
WEST OX ARTS Pop-up exhibition, Bampton, December, 2020
FAIRWAY SHOW, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, Oxford, October 2014
OXFORDSHIRE ARTWEEKS, Blackwell’s Art & Poster Shop, Central Oxford, May 1999 (solo)
SARAH WISEMAN GALLERY, Oxford, August 1999 (group)
THE MINSTER GALLERY, Winchester, June 1999 (group)
ORBIS CHARITY SHOW, GINGER JAR GALLERY, Villefrance, South of France, January 1999
ASHMOLEAN CAFE, ASHMOLEAN, Oxford, September 1998 (solo)
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