Originally from Australia, Sarah lives in the Western Isles of Scotland. Sarah is a landscape painter interested in the significant impact of human activity upon the planet’s ecosystems, geology, and climate, and more specifically how this relates to the rural environment. Her paintings are in oil paint and hover between figurative and abstraction.

 She studied painting at the University of Arts, London and is a graduate of Turps Banana Painting Correspondence course. Sarah is a recent recipient for the Society of Scottish Artists mentor/ mentee yearly programme. Sarah was awarded the Mall Galleries’ ING Discerning Eye Landscape Prize 2023.

Recent exhibitions include Art On A Post Card International Women’s Day 2024; Detail Art Gallery, Edinburgh; Irving Gallery, Oxford; RSW Annual Exhibition; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London; Wells Contemporary; Royal Scottish Academy Annual. Previously Sarah has won the Jackson’s Painting Landscape Prize, was shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Art Prize, and she received the Hulabhaig Curator’s Purchase Award.

Sarah Bold, 2024