How inspiring to meet a local artist born and bred in Hitchin. Sarah Graham has returned to Hitchin and is now after many years of hard work enjoying well deserved success. I went to visit Sarah in her lovely bright studio in Bancroft and even on a cold wet morning her paintings were magical.

Q  Were you always interested in art and who encouraged you?

A  Starting from an early age I just loved to draw and paint, my father would come home from work bringing paint brushes, he was always interested in what I was doing and my sister and I spent a lot of time at home producing creative work. We didn’t have a lot of money to spare but I look back on my childhood as a very happy time.