Sarah Leask Studio

About

Bringing you home through the art of colour

I'm Sarah, I'm from Shetland and I've always had an interest in art and being creative. Shetland is a small island right at the top of Scotland, in the middle of the North Sea. It's a really creative place, famous for traditional music and fair isle knitting. I studied Art & Design at Shetland College before moving to Aberdeen in 2016 to study Communication Design at Gray's School of Art - painting has always been my passion.

The business started kind of by accident when I painted my first watercolour map which was of my home, The Shetland Isles. I went on to paint several more colour-ways before selling these as prints - to friends first, then friend’s of friends and finally through local gift shops.

Since then I have created a full range of watercolour map prints as well as a collection of homewares and gifts. All of these designs have been inspired by Scotland, with many of the beautiful islands featured heavily, as I believe they have a captivating charm, stealing the hearts of many.

I use a lot of colour in my work to celebrate the beauty that can be found all around us and I love to use watercolour to create that perfectly imperfect look.