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Easter bunny, chicks, chocolate eggs, and decorated eggs on table

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Four ceramic mugs with different colorful floral illustrations by Sarah Beetson

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Surface spray bottles labeled Strawflower and Chrysanthemum by Sarah Beetson

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Valentine's Day sweets, hearts, roses, and drinks on pink background

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Halloween decorations with skeleton, jack-o-lanterns, and ghost lights outdoors

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Pop with a bang

Free as a bird – so she also lets the color fly.

Sarah graduated from Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, and won the Pentland Prize for Fine Art the same year. She then spent 4 years in London working in fashion, illustration and design in-house at Yellowdoor, Pop and The Face magazines and completed a 7 month print design internship at Stella McCartney. A commission followed to decorate the walls of the shoe room of Stella's Bruton Street shop. Since then, she has built a career as a freelance artist and illustrator, exhibiting work in London, Paris, Portland, New York, Ottawa, Adelaide, Melbourne and The Gold Coast, Australia; where she now lives. Sarah creates all elements within her work by hand with paint, pens and mixed media paraphenalia, layering in photoshop if required.

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What first drew you to illustration/design? I spent a large part of my childhood in British pubs – so my parents would give my brother and I colouring books and felt tips to keep us quiet. I don’t think they really thought of the consequences – my brother is now a graphic designer! Do you have any formal design training? Yes, I studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts in Cornwall for 3 years. It was an incredible experience, being in a beautiful seaside town with a great creative gang of student talent from around the globe and lecturers who are also practitioners within the field. You live in Melbourne. What drew you there? I came for a visit in 2005 and fell in love with this city. There is an Arts Festival literally every week, a great fashion and live music scene, and the best coffee in the world! I used to live in London and loved it, and still return annually, but London comes with a price tag! Where is your studio? Currently, it’s a chaotic room in my house in Melbourne’s Inner North, but from August, it’ll be in a converted dairy building on my boyfriend’s farm in lush tropical Queensland! Who/What is your biggest inspiration? I guess my most continued inspiration is through film. I have been known to hop around London or Melbourne taking in 5 movies a day at the ICA, Curzon, Acmi or Nova cinema. And in which case, I’d have to say film director John Waters is my biggest inspiration. I like that he perversely twists all that is mundane in popular culture and presents this screwed up, bastardized view of it. Pink Flamingos is one of the greatest movies ever made. Do you collect anything? I have a nice collection of vintage badges (I just paid over the odds for an original Michael Jackson Thriller badge with the zombies et all). I have a penchant for military hats, particularly Soviet. I have a Russian one with ‘No War’ spelt out across it in Fridge magnets which I like to wear with my ‘Jewish Day’ tshirt. Do you keep a scrapbook? No, but I hoard everything. My studio is littered with what would be the contents of a scrapbook if I had time to put one together. I tend to cover the walls in found printed matter which inspires me, so my walls are like a visual scrapbook, much to my landlord’s dismay. Tell us about a favourite project you've recently completed. I just did a group exhibition for Belvedere Vodka, which involved 50 Australian Artists illustrating a bottle of Belvedere. I decorated mine with portraits of the former residents of Belvedere Palace in Poland (The building features on the bottle.) What would be your "dream job/commission"? Working with Anna Piaggi on a series of fashion illustrations for Italian Vogue. I would like to look like her when I grow up. Where is your favourite place to loose yourself? Coney Island, NYC. It’s the greatest place on earth and a wealth of all things tawdry and carny. One of the best font reference resources on the planet, although it’s slowly and devastatingly being torn to bits. You have recently completed a montage of 40 original art badges recording the Body Mass Index of a number of celebrities. What inspired you to create this? My 3rd solo exhibition: "YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU EAT: Eating Disorders in Fashion" will open in Melbourne and Adelaide in early 2010, and was initially a response to the deaths of 3 South American models; Ana Carolina Reston Macan, Luisel and Eliana Ramos. This triggered Madrid and Milan to adopt a policy of no underweight models on the runways, and I am hoping to urge Melbourne to consider enforcing it too. The poster image contains the first 40 original art badges from a series of 100, and was inspired by my research into the BMI statistics of 50 prominent female celebrities - a BMI of 18.5-24.9 is healthy. I discovered 69.8% of these are underweight (with a BMI of 18.5 or less) and that 18 out of the 50 are at or below what the World Health Organisation defines to be starvation (a BMI of 16 or less.) The exhibition will feature a number of text-based works around the theme, including a giant wordsearch, and will see collaborations between myself a a handful of fashion designers.

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Shop: Polyester Books in Melbourne. Their slogan is: “Totally Weird Shit!” Magazine: Interview Gallery: QAGOMA, Brisbane QAGOMA Cafe: Kent St, Melbourne

Assorted colorful dessert icons with donut, gelato cones, cherry danish and croissant

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Illustration of vibrant flowers and dense green leaves in a garden

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Illustration of diverse colorful flowers and green foliage.

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Billboard with vibrant pop art and text announcing Sarah Bretson's upcoming NFT artwork.

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Floral mug on wooden table with plants in background by Sarah Beetson

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Spray bottles with hibiscus and eucalyptus labels by Sarah Beetson

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Fashion illustration of Rainbow color boots

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metallic rainbow glitter shoe illustration

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Fashion illustration of The Queen Of Sass

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Line drawing of book covers by Sarah Beetson

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Hat-fishing illustration by Sarah beetson

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Women fashion illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Stylized portrait of woman with bun by Sarah Beetson

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Literature book illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Japanese food icons: sushi, ramen, gyoza, prawn sandwich, and bubble tea drinks

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Brightly colored flowers including pink, red, and yellow blooms in detailed collage

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Illustration of diverse exotic flowers with green leaves on textured background

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Child asleep surrounded by colorful dream illustrations

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Colorful illustration of burger, pizza slice, taco, bagel sandwich, and lobster roll

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Colorful floral patterned coffee mug on white table with stacked books and decorative vases by Sarah

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Black and white line drawing of diverse flowers and plants

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London cinemas! map illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Child holding rainbow sign reading Kindy Kids 4 Climate Action by Sarah Beetson

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Colorful line drawings of historic cottages in Melbourne by Sarah Beetson

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Girl wearing colorful costume and ornaments

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Digital painting of canterbury bells plants

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Typographic design illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Fashion illustration and design in-house at Yellowdoor magazine by Sarah Beetson

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Costume design illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Wonderwoman sketch illustration by Sarah Beetson

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story book illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Tiger pouncing illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Illustrated book cover with hands drawing and holding objects

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Map of Australia with bushfires illustration promoting recovery event

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Line art of eucalyptus flowers with butterflies on branches

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Line drawing of a flamingo with outstretched wings and flowers by Sarah Beetson

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Line art of two birds sitting on a flowering branch with leaves

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Flat white coffee with cat latte art and acai bowl with fruits

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Vibrant artwork of sunflowers and other colorful flowers in bloom

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Vibrant artwork of various colorful flowers and green leaves in bloom.

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Illustration of vibrant exotic flowers and green leaves with fine details

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Person with rainbow hair, striped pants, and butterflies around colorful foliage

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Two ceramic mugs with floral and leaf patterns by Sarah Beetson

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Spray bottles labeled hibiscus, strawflower, eucalyptus, chrysanthemum by Sarah Beetson

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Kids fashion illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Fashion illustration of colourful floral dress

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Illustration of flying parrot mural by Sarah Beetson

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Black & white line drawing of sleeping beauty

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Animation of line art illustration of model

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Illustration of a wonder woman by Sarah Beetson

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Women footwear illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Fashion woman - Illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Girl holing loppy pop - Illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Melbourne houses illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Roller skates illustration by Sarah Beetson

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Selected Clients

Compendium Inc, Trader Joe's, The Sunday Times Style, Molo Kids, The British Fashion Council, Perth Fashion Week, Delta Airlines, The Wall Street Journal