Sarah Gidden - 2024
After graduation from the University of Southampton with a 2:1 degree in Fine Art, Sarah Gidden trained as a teacher of Art. She has taught primary and secondary children and adults since 2001.
Sarah started to paint again in 2018 after a career break in which she became a mother. She painted large oil paintings of her children swimming which she exhibited in a solo show in 2021.
Sarah is passionate about the beauty of the natural world and she aims to convey the colour, light and joy of nature. Recently her work has been based on big cats such as tigers that she has painted alongside flowers of their natural habitat.
Sarah is a member of The Herts Visual Arts Group and has exhibited in galleries in St Albans including The St Albans Museum and Gallery.