Sally carried out her foundation course at Leicester College of Art and her masters at Horsey College of Art, first class honours, where her tutor was Roger Law.
After graduating she worked as an illustrator for national and international publications which included the Times, Radio Times, Private Eye, Esquire, Evening Standard, New York Times, Die Zeit and others.
She produced artwork for David Puttnam, Bernard Bertollucci, Franco Zefferelli and others.
Sally spent seven years in the West Indes where she taught at the University of the West Indes and held exhibitions of her work at 101 Gallery in Port of Spain.
After returning to the UK Sally set out as an artist working in a variety of media but greatly inspired by collage. This was initially in London but later in the Lincolnshire Wolds where her understanding and interpretation of its landscapes became a consistent passion.
Sally taught at Middlesex University, University of the West Indes, Chelsea College, Portsmouth College, Maidstone College and others.
Whilst in Lincolnshire, Sally with David won the largest Arts Council Award in that year for a new play Drums to Text’ which was performed at the Lincoln Dtill Hall with scenes painted by Sally and costumes produced in conjunction with Yvonne Deacon.
Sally & David were successful in International competition in winning a commission for a sculpture park along the River Witham which received Arts Council and European grants. Sally was successful in placing an exhibition of 16 pieces for The Stations of the Cross’ which was exhibited in the Chapter House at Lincoln Cathedral during Lent 2011, this had been shortlisted to 3 projects by the Sainsbury Foundation.
Arts Loci retains a considerable collection of Sally’s artwotk from those early days at The Times until her untimely death in 2021.
