Sarah Waghorn 

is a painter who likes 

to explore interiors, 

gardens and bushland

...the thread which ties them together is highlighted by the strong Australian daylight bathing the scene in a burst of colour and form. Her main medium is oil paint, though preliminary sketches are made in gouache or graphite.

Inspiration for her interiors comes from her background growing up in Europe and being exposed to historical period architecture and intricate colour-filled rooms. She is inspired by classical features and old world charm. She loves to spend time fossicking in antique shops where artefacts speak volumes of past lives. She is also interested in the reflected personalities of rooms created by the tastes of the owners of those living spaces.

Inspiration for her landscapes comes from the native plants and trees witnessed on walks around local and coastal bushland. It is the intimacy of the forms of flowers and leaves that draws her in rather than the expanse of a grand vista. Often large-scale forms are the key to the dynamism of her paintings and the expressive mark-making in her brushstrokes which add to their movement.

She was recently awarded 'Highly Commended' for her self portrait (left) in the MAP Portrait Prize. She has been a finalist in The Muswellbrook, Calleen, Waverley, Hawkesbury, Lethbridge Landscape and National Capital Art prizes, and shown in a number of group shows in regional NSW and Melbourne.

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GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

MAP Portrait Prize show (group) Mugee Arts Precinct NSW

Floriade 'Prima Vera' (group) Grainger Gallery Pop-Up ACT

The Affordable Art Fair MELBOURNE - Grainger Gallery

The Affordable Art Fair BRISBANE - Greenbridge Gallery

2023

‘Take me to a place I Cannot Go’ (solo)  Grainger Gallery, Canberra ACT

Floriade Floral (group) Grainger Gallery ACT

The Affordable Art Fair SYDNEY - Greenbridge Gallery

2022

'Summer Show' (group) Twentytwentysix Gallery, Sydney NSW

'Harlequin'  (group) Grainger Gallery, Canberra ACT

'Interconnected' (group) New England Regional Art Museum NSW

The Affordable Art Fair SYDNEY- Greenbridge Gallery

2021

'Look Up' (solo) Grainger Gallery, Canberra ACT

In The Frame (group) Sydney Road Gallery, Sydney NSW

2020

This Is Now (group) Grainger Gallery, Canberra ACT

The Vintage Collector (solo) Michael Reid, Murrurundi NSW

Passions and Places (group) BeBrave Artspace, Avalon NSW

A Timeless Moment (group) The Moree Gallery, NSW

2019 

Spring Floral Collection KAB Gallery, Terrigal NSW

Studio Direct Group (group) Michael Reid, Murrurundi NSW

2018

Blossom and Bloom (group) Ladder Artspace, Kew Melbourne VIC

Contempo Kab (solo) KAB Gallery Terrigal NSW

The Elements (group) 220 Creative Space, Darlinghurst, Sydney NSW

The Other Art Fair SYDNEY

Long Hot Summer (group) BeBrave Artspace, Avalon NSW

2017

Charity Fundraiser MPN (group) Curated by Amber Creswell  Bell

Garden Secrets (duo) Help Street, Chatswood

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

2025

FINALIST Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Brisbane QLD

2024

FINALIST MAP Portrait Prize (Highly Commended), Mudgee Arts Precinct NSW 

FINALIST Interior Art Prize Weswall Gallery, Tamworth NSW

FINALIST 9 x 5 Art Prize Waverley Art School, Sydney NSW

2022 

Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence, (two weeks) Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW

FINALIST (Open Category) National Capital Art Prize, Canberra ACT

FINALIST (Sustainable Category) National Capital Art Prize, Canberra ACT

FINALIST Lethbridge Landscape Prize,  Brisbane QLD

2021

FINALIST National Capital Art Prize, Canberra ACT

FINALIST Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2020

FINALIST Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery NSW

FINALIST Waverley Art Prize, Sydney NSW

FINALIST Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize, Brisbane QLD

2019

FINALIST Hawkesbury Art Prize,  Purple Noon Gallery NSW

FINALIST Little Things Art Prize, St Cloche Gallery Sydney NSW

FINALIST  Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize, Brisbane QLD

2018

FINALIST  Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize, Brisbane QLD

2017

FINALIST  Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize, Brisbane QLD

2016

FINALIST Warringah Art Prize, Sydney NSW

EDUCATION

1988 

BA (Hons) Graphic Design Bristol  UWE, UK

1998 

Diploma in Photography, Sydney, Australia

All paintings © Sarah Waghorn
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