Sara Chandler spent her childhood in Wiltshire, out on the Salisbury Plain. After gaining her degree, she enjoyed a fulfilling 40-year career as an art educator. In 2017, while serving as vice principal of a large comprehensive school, Sara stepped away from the rhythm of the classroom to pursue a quieter journey—a journey to rediscover a more personal and creative path. This continues to provide her with constant challenge and inspiration.

Drawing remains central to Sara’s practice, reminding her that seeing is very different from looking. She draws from life every week and is often seen sketching in local towns and villages. In the studio, her observations evolve as she experiments with colour relationships, producing semi-abstract compositions. She works mainly in oil-based media for her paintings and a variety of graphic media for her drawings. Sara works in layers, beginning with thin glazes and drawing as the foundation of her art. These are then overlaid with further drawing and opacity, with some edges emphasised to create compositional rhythm, while motifs are deliberately “lost and found.” For Sara, tone plays a secondary role to colour, which she uses to generate visual interest and depth.