June 2023

Sally’s self-portrait “Emergence”, has been shortlisted for the prestigious biennial Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize this year, alongside works by some of the leading portrait artists working today. There were over 1800 entries worldwide and Sally’s portrait was one of only 48 works shortlisted. The online exhibition of long-listed and shortlisted works is now available to see here.

This year’s judges were Gabriele Finaldi (Director of the National Gallery), Melanie Gerlis (Financial Times Art Market Columnist), Andrea Rose (former Director of the British Council), Stephen Whittle (Principle Manager, The Atkinson Museum), Lucy Jones (2021 prize winner) and David Borchard (grandson of Ruth Borchard).

The self-portrait was painted in 2019, and was also selected for the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year competition in 2020, in which Sally reached the final.

June 2023

Sally was honoured to win the Cass Art Prize for her painting “Boy with Dressing Gown” at the annual exhibition of the Society of Women Artists at the Mall Galleries this week. The prestigious exhibition attracts around 3000 entries of which 480 works have been exhibited this year. Of those exhibited, 15 prize winners were chosen and were awarded their prizes by the Society’s patron Princess Michael of Kent in front of large audience at the exhibition’s private view. The exhibition continues until Saturday 10th June – details here. The exhibition can also be seen online.

June 2023

“Boy with Dressing Gown” will be exhibited at the Mall Galleries this week from 6-10 June as part of the 162nd annual exhibition of the Society of Women Artists. The exhibition will be formally opened by HRH Princess Michael of Kent. More details can be found here.

June 2023

In the final article of her two-part series “Learning to Look”, Sally discusses how she observes tonal values to understand the structure of light in her work.

May 2023

In the first of a two-part series about “Learning to Look” in The Artist magazine (June 2023 edition, published April 2023), Sally writes about how the observation of shapes can help build a convincing portrait.

May 2023

Sally will be opening her new garden studio to visitors on the weekend of the 20th and 21st May only between 11am-5pm as part of Kingston Artist’s Open Studios, venue 19 on the trail. Sally will be displaying a number of portraits and will also be selling a number of prints and original works. Please come and say hello! For more information see the KAOS website.