Exhibiting and teaching at Sarah Horne Flowers & Academy
Sarah Horne is an artist living and working in Royal Leamington Spa. Sarah is a multi award-winning self taught florist, having competed with her botanical sculptures, amongst other awards she attained 3 Chelsea Flower Show gold medals for professional floristry. This is what led her to explore drawing.
In 2014 Sarah worked on a project to take Leamington Spa to ‘Chelsea’. When asked to produce drawings of her designs for the catalogue Sarah’s answer was "I can’t draw!" The project manager’s reply… "You’re so creative, of course you can!" The results were more of a surprise to Sarah than anyone.
Her medium is an unforgiving one, through which texture is everything… fineliner pens. Her inspiration is of course botanicals. The drawings are very detailed and evocative of the Victorian botanical drawings but with a contemporary twist.
An unexpected diagnosis for breast cancer in 2021 gave Sarah time to learn to paint; she uses watercolours, acrylics.oils and now wire sculpture.
In January 2024 Sarah and her team launches The Sarah Horne Academy, a custom built space where Sarah, her team and visiting artists hold flower and art workshops for up to 10 people. Sarah’s private studio is above the ‘Academy’ and will be open at by invitation through Summer `arts week.
Sarah Horne
Sarah Horne Flowers and Academy
86 Warwick Street,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4QG , Sarah@sarahhornebotanicals.com , 01926 424826