March 2025

Sally is delighted to hear that two of her paintings from her “Hospital Days” series have been selected for the 164th Society of Women Artists’ annual exhibition. The paintings will be on display at The Mall Galleries in London from the 24th – 28th June, 2025. More details about the exhibition can be found here. You can read about the series of painting in Sally’s recent article in The Artist Magazine.

March 2025

In her latest article for Leisure Painter & The Artist Magazine (May 2025 edition, published March 2025), Sally describes why life drawing remains an essential part of her practice as a portrait artist.

February 2025

Sally’s painting “Boy with Guitar” has been pre-selected for this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition.

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.