ABOUT
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Sarah has been teaching botanical and natural history illustration for over 20 years. She shares her passion, skills and natural history knowledge by teaching a variety of in-person and online courses and workshops. She is based in Hampshire and teaches at other venues through out the UK and further afield when possible.
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As well as working as an artist, Sarah is a full-time carer and also has another branch to her creative practice – tapestry weaving and stitching www.creativenaturescape.com​
Her experience of working in education for many years and also ecology and conservation, combine in a dynamic way with her present career as an artist and tutor.
Sarah holds the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Certificate in Botanical Illustration (Distinction). She is also a member of the Eden Project Florilegium Society and an exhibiting member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. She was also been a Fellow of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society and the Linnean Society.
In 2022 she was awarded the ASBA Botanical Illustrator Award for Excellence in Botanical Art. She has also been awarded a Certificate of Botanical Merit by the SBA (Society of Botanical Artists) and a Silver Medal by the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society).
She provides online tuition from her home studio, providing a variety of learning experiences within botanical and natural history art to suit all levels of experience and budgets. As well as for individuals she also provides in-person and online workshops for organisations and their members.
Much of her tuition focuses on the development of drawing skills which she considers to be the foundation of all aspects of botanical and natural science illustration. The aim is always for the learner to develop their own style rather than copy what Sarah draws or paints. Her courses, workshops and personal tuition seek to inspire, encourage and motivate artists of any level of experience.
Teaching approaches are carefully planned and structured to suit group learning experiences as well as individual needs, both in person and online.
​​​Sarah is also qualified to teach in lifelong learning.​
Teaching Experience
Art Tutor, Hants & IOW Wildlife Trust
Art Tutor, Peter Symonds College AHED
Art Tutor, Kingcombe Centre, Dorset Wildlife Trust
Art Tutor Rums Eg Gallery, Romsey, Hampshire
Bath Society of Botanical Artists
Tutor, American Society of Botanical Artists
Nature in Art, Gloucestershire
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Teaching cover tutor, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists
Irish Society of Botanical Artists
Oregon Botanical Artists
New England Society of Botanical Artists
Reed Turner Botanical Artists, Illinois
Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society
Botanical Artists Guild of Southern Alberta
Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, Massachusetts
Botanical Art Talks ~ organised by Julia Trickey
Eden Project Florilegium Society
Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
North Carolina Botanical Gardens
Great River Chapter of ASBA
Bath Society of Botanical Artists
Sheffield Botanic Gardens Florilegium
Chelsea Physic Garden
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library
Transylvania School of Botanic Art & Illustration
​Institute of Analytical Plant Illustration
Exhibitions
Society of Floral Painters
Artist in Residence Solo Exhibition, Hants & IOW Wildlife Trust
Society of Botanical Artists, London
Hants & IOW Wildlife Trust, Making Waves Exhibition, Emsworth Museum
Hardings Gallery, Warsash, Solo exhibition
Florum Exhibition, Kent
New Forest Open Art, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
Kingcombe Centre, Dorset, Art Weeks
Royal Horticultural Society London Botanical Art Show
Hampshire Open Studios
American Society of Botanical Artists
The Illustrated College Herbal: Plants from the Pharmacopoea Londinensis of 1618, Royal College of Physicians, London
Our World Imagined Exhibition, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire
Allen Gallery, Alton, Hampshire, Open Exhibition
'A Journey through Nature' Solo exhibition , The Holt Estate, Hampshire
St. Barbe Gallery, Lymington
Course & Teaching Reviews
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"Sarah is a terrific presenter. She is concise and thorough as well as organized.
She is easy to follow".
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Zoom Studio Session Participant
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"A fantastic four day course with Sarah Morrish. Sarah was a superb tutor as always, coping with a class of students at all different levels of botanical and nature illustration. She provided a very full programme with a stunning range of teaching resources. Her knowledge of the natural world is inspiring and she extended the teaching to include subjects such as bat detecting and the use of a moth trap".
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"Sarah is a conscientious and excellent teacher. She is an extremely skilled and professional artist who is able to effectively impart her knowledge to her students. I have attended many of her courses and found them to be both enjoyable and instructive. I highly recommend her courses".
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Kingcombe Centre Course Participants
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"Sarah is an experienced and highly-respected artist. I have attended Sarah’s workshops and have been amazed at her level of knowledge, the amount of prep she must put in before each workshop and the support and guidance she gives to even the most apprehensive of students. Her enthusiasm is inspiring. I have attended many courses and workshops over the years, and would place those run by Sarah as amongst the best".
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The Holt Workshop Participant