A graduate of Georgian College and NSCAD University Sarah Irwin moved to Nova Scotia in 2001 from Orillia, Ontario. She has worked as an art instructor, costume and set maker, writer, illustrator, diner owner, and gardener. In between commissions Irwin shows at 14 Bells Fine Art, keeps an active website, and just published a blog. Her work is in private collections across North America and in Europe.