January 2025

Sally is thrilled to have been long-listed for the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious Herbert Smith Freehills’ Portrait Award (formerly the BP award). The second round of judging will take place in February with the shortlist announced in March.

January 2025

In January, Sally was honoured to be one of a dozen creatives invited by The Royal Collection Trust to draw in The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, in response to the the current Drawing the Italian Renaissance exhibition which runs until March 9th 2025 featuring works by Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.

November 2024

In her latest article for The Artist Magazine (January 2025 edition, published November 2024), Sally describes the story behind a recent series of narrative paintings, “Hospital Days”, which evolved from many sketches undertaken of her son while he received treatment for a chronic illness in Chelsea and Westminster hospital. The personal story also references the tangible impacts of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s art collection on her son’s health. The art collection belongs to the hospital’s official charity CW+ . The CW+ Art in Health programme has built a robust body of evidence to demonstrate the positive impact of outstanding design and engagement with the arts on health and wellbeing. As part of this work and to support fundraising efforts, the charity has made a film about Sally’s experiences.

The first painting in the “Hospital Days series” was one of only around 100 paintings selected from 3500 entrants for this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London in 2024. The third painting was exhibited at The Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ annual exhibition also at the Mall Galleries.

October 2024

The third painting in Sally’s “Hospital Days” series has been selected for the prestigious Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. The painting will be on display between Thursday 28th November and Saturday 14th December 2024. More details about the ROI and the exhibition can be found here. The Hospital Days series is based on sketches of Sally’s son, undertaken in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where he receives regular treatment for a chronic illness. The first painting in the series was exhibited at The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition earlier this year.

September 2024

Sally’s is delighted that her work will be included in the international Almenara Art Prize 2024 online exhibition. You can view the exhibition here.

April 2024

A portrait of Sally’s son entitled “Hospital Days”, will be exhibited at the prestigious Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition in May. The portrait is based on observations of Sally’s son during regular visits to Chelsea & Westminster hospital for treatment of a long-term illness. It is the first of a series of paintings on the same subject. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP) celebrates the best in contemporary portraiture from across the world. From thousands of national and international entries only around 100 of non-members are selected for exhibition.

The exhibition will take place at the Mall Galleries in London between 9th May and 18th May, 10am-5pm. You can find out more about the RP and browse the exhibition online here.