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New self-portrait commissioned by The Artist Magazine
May 2022
Sally was delighted to be specially commissioned to paint a new work for The Artist Magazine. In the accompanying article, she offers an insight into her working methods and the questions she asks herself when painting a self-portrait. The July 2022 edition of the magazine is available to buy now.


Painting of Booker Prize winner, Bernardine Evaristo, features in Portrait Artist of the Year – The Exhibition” at Compton Verney
February 2022
Sally is honoured that her 4-hour painting of Bernardine Evaristo, which won her a place in the final of Portrait Artist of the Year 2020, will be exhibited at Compton Verney (an historic manor in Warwickshire) from February 18th until June 5th 2022. See more details here.
The exhibition, curated by Kathleen Soriano, celebrates 8 years of the programme. Her painting is one of only 120 works selected from over a thousand paintings by those who have featured in the competition since 2013. In February, Sally attended the private view, which brought together many familiar faces from the programme. Her painting has also been used to market the exhibition.
On April 13 there will be a special programme broadcast on Sky Arts at 7pm about the exhibition.

“Self-Portrait” and “Study of Professor Dame Mary Beard” exhibiting at The Gallery, Holt.
February 2022
Sally is delighted that her work will feature in “The Transience of Beauty” exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Gallery, Holt, in Norfolk. Her work will be featured alongside some of the UK’s leading portrait and figurative artists. The exhibition is on from 26th February until 5th April 2022. See more of the exhibition here.


Sally writes about starting a new career in art for The Artist Magazine
December 2021
In the first of three articles, Sally writes about her experiences of starting a second career in art in the February 2022 edition of The Artist Magazine, published in December 2021. Available in shops, or can be ordered online.