Sara Allan has been exhibiting paintings of different styles for twenty years, during which time she has been constantly exploring and evolving methods most suited to express her vision.

Following a decade as a decorative special effects painter, which included painting murals, marbling, stenciling, etc, she became a still life artist, after the Dutch and Spanish tradition, using dark backgrounds to highlight and dramatise the subjects. These began as copies of old master painters such as Cotan and Zurburan, and later developed into her own compositions in the style of these earlier masters. She has also painted landscapes and, more recently, abstract paintings.”
“My training as a decorative painter has given me a fearlessness, an ability to tackle many genres on any scale, and a wide experience in all sorts of painting media. I have found great pleasure in sharing this knowledge with others, giving them the feeling that they can do it, with encouragement and few tips, which I have gathered over the years, and away they go. The aim is to start people off on their own paths of discovery.