A product of a British military family, Sarah grew up in several different countries and climates and experienced a diversity of flora and fauna from a young age. Sarah attended the University of the West of England majoring in Botanical Illustration, and received her Post Graduate Certificate of Art Education from the City of Birmingham University.

She has exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), receiving a Bronze and Silver Gilt Medal. Her illustrations are included in the Collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and have appeared in the Plantsman, an RHS publication. Her work is included in collections in the UK, Ireland and Europe as well as in the United States.

After many years teaching and exhibiting in England, in 1995 Sarah moved to the east coast of America. Since then, has taught Botanical Art and Illustration at a variety of institutions, including the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Massachusetts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and the Wellesley College Botanic Garden, at the Wellesley College Greenhouses. In September 2006, she helped launch the Wellesley College (FOH) Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program, for which she continues to be Education Director

Sarah is also a Founding Member of the New England Society of Botanical Artists, a chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists, where she has served as board member and Education Chair

She is a gallery artist at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Massachusetts, and is an Artist Member of the Copley Society, the oldest art association in the USA.

Most recently, Sarah contributed to an ASBA publication ‘Botanical Art Techniques, a Comprehensive Guide” which will be published in September 2020.