Sarah Gillespie – Yellow-Tail Moth

Recently larger scale images have emerged, but our introduction is this small and intimate collection of Wessex moths. Like reading Thomas Hardy, you do not have to live in Wessex to love and collect them!

About Sarah Gillespie

Sarah Gillespie was born in Winchester in 1963. She studied 16th & 17th century methods and materials at the Atelier Neo-Medici in Paris and then read Fine Art at Pembroke College, Oxford (BFA Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art). On leaving She was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation International Award for figurative art and has had a successful career as a painter. In 2016 she was elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy.

Her work is held in public and private collections including: Victoria Gallery, Bath; Government Offices for the South West, UK;

Royal West of England Academy; Sharpham Trust; Chatsworth House; Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia.