Nichola Hope and Sarah Hope (born 1975) are Welsh artists. They have produced visual artwork documenting the

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and occasionally paint and draw live. Nichola was shortlisted for Wildlife Artist of the Year 2020, her watercolour Tansy Beetle was awarded the Elizabeth Hosking prize for watercolour. She was awarded the RK Burt Painting Prize and has been selected for Wales Portrait I and II, Welsh Artist of the Year in 2006 and the

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. Sarah was awarded Joint second prize winner of the Llanfairpwll Big Draw and was shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Collectively they have worked on international projects with

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, Tasmanian Storytelling Festival and

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. Together they appeared as Arts Editors for the internationally distributed

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and have featured in a number of publications. Both of them use pen, ink, and charcoal in their work, while Nichola also has a distinct use of

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and oils. Sarah specializes in drawing and working from pottery casts, and has furthered this study at the Lack Atelier in

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Early life

Nichola and Sarah Hope are sisters and were born in

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. They are of Welsh and Irish descent, and Nichola studied at

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and Sarah attended The Prince's Drawing School, London.

References

External links

Sarah Hope Website Home page

Nichola Hope Website Home page

Drawing the Welsh National Opera
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Nichola and Sarah 1975 births Living people 20th-century Welsh women artists 21st-century Welsh women artists Artists from Cardiff Identical twin females People from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Sibling artists Welsh twins Welsh people of Irish descent Welsh women painters