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I am an evolving and exploratory artist with a desire to bring excellence, authenticity and taste to everything I create.
Currently my area of focus is botanical studies which you can read more about here Throughout my 9 year career, I have floated between botanical studies, collage, portraiture, surrealism, to narrative and figurative landscapes. I specialise in painting, drawing and collage as my favored mediums |
Artist Statement
Sarah is an award-winning artist based in North West of Sydney. Her versatility of technique, deep exploration of themes and theory, and confidence with various mediums is evident in the authenticity and clarity of her work. Sarah has been a finalist in numerous prestigious awards and was the recipient of the James Gleeson Surrealism Award, a category of the 2018 Fisher's Ghost Art Award.
A study of botanical subjects, floriography, and the historical use of plants and flowers as emblems of place and the relationship between botany and anthropology, is Sarah's current area of study. With a focus on traditional techniques and homage to her Dutch ancestry, Sarah is interested in using the emblematic and symbolic language of botany to capture the origins of individual identity and investigate the relationship between plants and people .
Read more about this work here
Throughout her career Sarah's paintings, drawings and collage have been a playful exploration of portraiture, figurative and narrative landscape and surreal imagery with underlying themes of the connection between the tangible and the intangible. An interest in capturing and translating the mood, atmosphere and imagery of dreams and subconscious nostalgia has been a consistent ingredient in Sarah's work .
Artist Statement
Sarah is an award-winning artist based in North West of Sydney. Her versatility of technique, deep exploration of themes and theory, and confidence with various mediums is evident in the authenticity and clarity of her work. Sarah has been a finalist in numerous prestigious awards and was the recipient of the James Gleeson Surrealism Award, a category of the 2018 Fisher's Ghost Art Award.
A study of botanical subjects, floriography, and the historical use of plants and flowers as emblems of place and the relationship between botany and anthropology, is Sarah's current area of study. With a focus on traditional techniques and homage to her Dutch ancestry, Sarah is interested in using the emblematic and symbolic language of botany to capture the origins of individual identity and investigate the relationship between plants and people .
Read more about this work here
Throughout her career Sarah's paintings, drawings and collage have been a playful exploration of portraiture, figurative and narrative landscape and surreal imagery with underlying themes of the connection between the tangible and the intangible. An interest in capturing and translating the mood, atmosphere and imagery of dreams and subconscious nostalgia has been a consistent ingredient in Sarah's work .
Prizes and Group Exhibitions
2025 - St Columba's Art prize, St Columba's Catholic College, Springwood, NSW. May 2025
2025 - Inside this Box Art Prize, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW. February 2025
2024 - In-Version, Group exhibition, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, NSW. November 2024
2024 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Traditional), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2023 - Nepean Festival of Arts - Winner (Open category)
2022 - Bluethumb Art Prize (Finalist - Still life), Bluethumb Online Gallery
2022 - Nepean Festival of Arts - Winner. Open category
2022 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Contemporary), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2022 - In Quietude, Grenfell Regional Art Gallery, NSW June - July 2022
2022 - Plan-C, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2021/22 - We're All going on a Summer Holiday, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Nov 2021 - April 2022
2021/22 - Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist), Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2021 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Contemporary), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2021 - The People We Are, Group exhibition, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, NSW. March 2021
2020/21 - Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist), Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2020 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Traditional), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2020 - Hawkesbury Art Show, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
2020 - 20000 Small Scale Art Award (Online finalist), Lethbridge Gallery, QLD
2019 - Cake, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2019 - Derivan TAFE NSW Art Prize (Finalist), See Street Gallery, NSW
2018 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2018 – Entity, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2018 – Me, Myself & I, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2017 – Noel Chettle Memorial Art Prize, Nepean Art and Design Centre, Kingswood, NSW
2016 – Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist), Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2016 – Fisher’s Ghost Art Award (Finalist), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2016 – Primordium, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2025 - St Columba's Art prize, St Columba's Catholic College, Springwood, NSW. May 2025
2025 - Inside this Box Art Prize, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW. February 2025
2024 - In-Version, Group exhibition, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, NSW. November 2024
2024 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Traditional), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2023 - Nepean Festival of Arts - Winner (Open category)
2022 - Bluethumb Art Prize (Finalist - Still life), Bluethumb Online Gallery
2022 - Nepean Festival of Arts - Winner. Open category
2022 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Contemporary), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2022 - In Quietude, Grenfell Regional Art Gallery, NSW June - July 2022
2022 - Plan-C, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2021/22 - We're All going on a Summer Holiday, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Nov 2021 - April 2022
2021/22 - Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist), Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2021 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Contemporary), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2021 - The People We Are, Group exhibition, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, NSW. March 2021
2020/21 - Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist), Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2020 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist - Traditional), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2020 - Hawkesbury Art Show, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
2020 - 20000 Small Scale Art Award (Online finalist), Lethbridge Gallery, QLD
2019 - Cake, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2019 - Derivan TAFE NSW Art Prize (Finalist), See Street Gallery, NSW
2018 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Finalist), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2018 – Entity, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2018 – Me, Myself & I, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
2017 – Noel Chettle Memorial Art Prize, Nepean Art and Design Centre, Kingswood, NSW
2016 – Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist), Blacktown Art Centre, NSW
2016 – Fisher’s Ghost Art Award (Finalist), Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2016 – Primordium, Trapezium Art Gallery, Kingswood, NSW
Awards
2023 - Nepean festival of Arts - Winner (Open category)
2022 - Nepean festival of Arts - Winner (Open category)
2018 - James Gleeson Surrealism Award - Winner
2017 - Noel Chettle Memorial Art Prize - Highly Commended
2023 - Nepean festival of Arts - Winner (Open category)
2022 - Nepean festival of Arts - Winner (Open category)
2018 - James Gleeson Surrealism Award - Winner
2017 - Noel Chettle Memorial Art Prize - Highly Commended
Residencies
2024 - Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle (April)
2024 - Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle (April)
Education
2025 - Dutch Atelier of Realistic Art (Upcoming June 2025)
2021 - Advanced Diploma Visual Arts, Nepean Art & Design Centre
2018 – Diploma Visual Arts, Nepean Art & Design Centre
2014 – Diploma of Education, Excelsia College
2000 - Bachelor Creative Arts, Excelsia College
2025 - Dutch Atelier of Realistic Art (Upcoming June 2025)
2021 - Advanced Diploma Visual Arts, Nepean Art & Design Centre
2018 – Diploma Visual Arts, Nepean Art & Design Centre
2014 – Diploma of Education, Excelsia College
2000 - Bachelor Creative Arts, Excelsia College
