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Appearing on Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year in 2025 and recent winner of the People’s Choice Award for Artit’s Floral Artist of the Year, Shinfield-based artist Sayani is gaining recognition for her distinctive approach to florals and portraiture. Inspired by the dramatic light and rich detail of the Dutch masters, her work combines classical technique with a modern sensibility, creating paintings that are both timeless and contemporary.
Working primarily in oils, she captures the delicate beauty of flowers and the quiet strength of her portrait subjects with sensitivity and depth. Her compositions often explore subtle emotion, natural elegance, and the power of stillness, inviting viewers to pause and reflect.
With a growing body of work and national exposure, Sayani continues to refine her artistic voice, drawing inspiration from the world around her and the enduring legacy of great painters past.
Location
The Opstal
13 Pattinson Road
Shinfield
Reading
RG2 8QJ
Additional comments: The Studio is in the garden at the end of Coningham Road or where Pendred Road meets Pattinson Road.
Dates and times
10:30am – 4:30pm on the following days.
Saturday 7 November 2026
Sunday 8 November 2026

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