Sandra Orme

You are invited to view Sandra's work at her brand new studio which was built thanks to the first prize money she won upon winning The Buxton Spa Prize 2016.

Sandra Orme is one of the UK's leading pastel artists and workshop tutor. She has developed innovative ways of working with pastels with outstanding results. Sandra work explores both the ever changing landscape that surrounds her studio in the Peak District- the light, seasonal colours, atmosphere and weather- whilst capturing the relentlessly unchanging and seemingly timeless nature of stones and rock faces or high edges and outcrops.
Her work explore this dichotomy. She says ‘I want to capture passing moments and express how it feels when walking on the edge- to recreate a sense of place. I remain fascinated by the contrast between the unchanging and the ever changing- the weather and the land.’
In 2016 she has won a national art competition, The Buxton Spa Prize, exhibited with UK's best pastel artists at The Pastel Society, Mall Galleries, London and taught a sold out workshop at University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum - a testament to both her beautiful art work and her expertise.

Commission welcome and popular workshsops run at her studio in the heart of the Peak District.