Sandra Nicholl

 

The Artist

Sandra Nicholl - Portrait of Desmond Canavan
Sandra Nicholl - Portrait of Desmond Canavan

Born in Antrim and based in Carrickfergus, Sandra Nicholl is an artist who works predominantly in oils, and in the genres of portraiture, landscape painting and miniature painting.

In addition to teaching and working on commissions, Nicholl has exhibited with Royal Miniaturist Society, London; with the Ulster Society of Miniaturists; the Royal Ulster Academy; and, the Ulster Society of Women Artists.

 

The Sitter

This portrait of Desmond Canavan (1938–2004) was commissioned by  RCPI at the close of his presidency in 2003.

Read a full biography of Desmond Canavan from our Lives of the Presidents project