About Sarah Ackland

Sarah Ackland is an Australian artist who currently works primarily in graphite, but also has a love for watercolour. She enjoys working tonally in graphite and seeing the results that come from working in the medium. Having grown up on a farm in the Western District of Victoria she has had a love for the Australian landscape from an early age which has been a great influence with her artwork. With an interest in bush scenes, landscape, botanical and seascapes, she is constantly inspired by the Australian landscape, the plant life and its rugged beauty. Her aim is to convey that beauty onto the paper and have people amazed by it. Whilst mostly self taught she has studied under Australian artist Julian Bruere. She has found his detailed Australian snow gum scenes and landscapes to be inspiring and aims to reach that sensitivity in her artwork. Sarah has work in private collections throughout Melbourne and country Victoria. She has exhibited in group exhibitions and participated in Rotary Art Shows throughout Melbourne and surrounding areas. In 2019 she won her first award in the Warrandyte Rotary Art Show as Emerging Artist and 2023 won a Highly Commended at the Victorian Artist Society in their Summer Exhibition

Currently she is based in Melbourne where she lives with her Husband and works from home in her studio.

Artist Statement

My artwork is inspired by things I love, places I've been to and things that mean a lot to me. My aim is to convey the beauty of the world that I see around me onto paper and have people amazed by it. My goal is to have my artwork resonate with the viewer. I also  love to give people the opportunity to have happy memories, with the hope of my artwork being a trigger of fond memories of times past. Currently I am enjoying the simplicity of working in graphite and pushing the boundaries of it and my boundaries as an artist and seeing where the adventure leads me.

The Artwork

All artwork is completed on either Arches, Fabriano or Saunders 300gsm cotton paper and  is  100% archival. Most of the artwork is for sale unless stated and comes with an archival mat boarder of 10cm on all sides and with an archival backing - ready to be framed. You will also receive a certificate of authenticity with your artwork. If you are interested in any of the pieces, please do not hesitate to send me an email.  I also do commissions from time to time and if that is something that you are interested in, I would be happy to discuss this with you.

Where else you can find me...

I invite you to look at my Facebook account, it is there you can follow updates about me, where I am showing my artwork, competitions that I'm entering in and pieces  that I am currently working on. Also take a look at my Bluethumb and Victorian Artist Society profiles to see current work that is up for sale. If there is something here on this site or on my Facebook site that you would like to purchase and is not on either the  Bluethumb or Victorian Artist Society sites, please don't hesitate to contact me.