Sarah Allbrook
Sarah Allbrook is a Cambridge-based painter who works in oils, outdoors and en plein air. She took a degree in Fine Art at Norwich School of Art, graduating in 2009.
Her work has been selected for exhibitions with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries in London, and for The Munnings Museum in Dedham. She won prizes for painting at the 'Paint Out' plein air competitions in Norfolk and Cambridge in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
She has been commissioned to paint the David Parr House, Clare College and St John's College in Cambridge, alongside private commissions, and collectors around the world have bought her work. She takes part in Cambridge Open Studios every July and has sat on the organisation's Management Team since 2024.
Artist Statement
I'm an artist with a passion for painting outdoors in the landscape. I am based in Cambridge, UK, where I am particularly drawn to painting views of the river and green spaces of the city, through the changing seasons and at different times of the year. I also paint further afield in the Cambridgeshire Fens and East Anglian coastline.
I paint primarily in oils and usually complete a painting in one session, aiming to capture the fleeting light effect or atmosphere of the place that day.
The Norfolk landscape and coastline are a great inspiration to me, and I try to get back there to paint whenever possible!