Feature Artist

Sarah Abbott is an acrylic painter with a background in interior design. Originally from Queensland, Australia, she currently lives and works out of her family home in Fremantle, Western Australia, which she shares with her husband, 2 young children and a much-loved whippet. Her bright and colourful paintings primarily focus on still life, landscapes and Australian botanicals.

Abbott describes her early years as “a barefoot country existence living off the grid” with her parents and 7 brothers and sisters, on 40 acres of bushland near Stanthorpe. The land was her parents share from the sale of a commune they had tried to keep afloat.

Abbott’s place as the creative child in her family was cemented early by the many hours she spent drawing and later honing her skill in perspective, colour and painting.

In 2004, Abbott graduated from Queensland University with a degree in interior design. An uncertain future as an artist was abandoned after school in favour of a more stable career path in interior design. Sarah worked in interior design in both Australia and London, where she specialised in high end cabinetry for the luxury residential market. It is this decade long small business experience that Abbott credits with helping her to build a loyal following of collectors and fans across the globe.

In 2019 Abbott returned to painting after an extended leave from interior design following the birth of her second child. Abbott’s work has been featured in Inside Out Magazine; International Artist Magazine and in 2022 she was named by Vogue Living as one of ‘10 emerging artists to know from Melbourne’s Affordable Art Fair’.