Feb 2, 2017
I’ve got an action packed year ahead displaying at nine events around the South East between April and Christmas. Starting at the Stag Plaza Arts and Community Centre in Sevenoaks, Kent on Saturday 8th April where I’ll have a mixture of both my pet...
Jan 31, 2017
The last year has been an awakening for me as I diversified from pastels into watercolours in the spring of 2016. Until then I’d been mainly using the pastel medium for commissions through my pet portrait business. Turning to watercolours enabled me to...
Jan 29, 2017
We’re off to Wales in a couple of weeks with a boot and roof box full of my wild animal paintings from my new Rainbow Watercolour range. I’ve been approached by a new gallery in mid Wales interested in exhibiting my work. I’m lucky that my work...
Jan 26, 2017
Jan 24, 2017
In the next few days I will be launching my own newsletter with the latest news and events around my two businesses – Sarah Leigh Fine Art and Sarah’s Pet Portraits. This will include my latest completed pet portraits and new paintings from my Rainbow...
Jan 22, 2017
Since I have been using watercolours I feel my art has really developed in ways I could never have imagined. I now work on a scale I never thought was possible or confident to attempt. This style is a total contrast to my pet portraits and previous wildlife work. The...
Jan 17, 2017
This has been a really exciting start to 2017. I have been approached by another gallery, which I am to visit this week. They are interested in my watercolour art mainly. It is great to be able to have two styles. I love doing my detailed pet portraits and then, come...
Jan 16, 2017
pet portrait commissions I’m still managing to create more ideas and unique Rainbow Watercolour paintings. The latest off the easel is ‘Crossing the plain’ (pictured) which is proving very popular. So much so that I’ve ordered my first...
Jan 12, 2017
Pet portraits have always been my love, and I will never stop, but every now and then I love to do some wildlife art. African animals, in particular are a constant source of inspiration for me. As some of you know I have recently picked up watercolours in an attempt...
Jan 11, 2017
I’m very lucky to cross sell my work between my pet portrait clients and people who purchase my new Rainbow Watercolour range of wild and domestic animals. So at the arts and crafts fairs I attended in the autumn and winter I picked up three new commissions....
