Daffodils and Tulips Artist: Sarah Gillard

Sarah Gillard was born into a family of artists in rural Kent and studied Art and Design at Banbury College before going on to graduate in Fashion Textiles at Middlesex University. This achievement resulted in a commission for rugs at the Conran Shop in London and since then Sarah has never looked back. Throughout her career, she has been inspired by colour and one look at her astonishingly vibrant paintings is enough to see where her influence lies. Her love of colour helped her to become a colourist at the acclaimed Liberty Design Studio in 1989 and it was during her time here that Sarah discovered the wonders of gouache and first began to be inspired by the flowers in her mother's garden; a theme that would go on to shape her entire career as an artist. Her first solo exhibition was at the Lyric Theatre in London in 1993.