Sarah Richards was born in Durban and her childhood was spent in various places around Southern Africa. She returned to Durban to study Fine Arts, majoring in Sculpture at Durban Technikon between 1985 and 1990. During the next four years she travelled overseas to gain experience and insight before returning to produce art and teach drawing, painting and sculpture to adults and children. She completed her Masters degree in Fine Arts (cum laude) at the Durban University of Technology in 2008. Sarah has continued to live and practise her art in the KZN Midlands for the past 15 years.

Her passion lies in rendering sculpture, which shows an attention to detail, and which give an impression of movement and animation. She creates a diversity of subjects for collectors of bronze sculpture such as animals, birds and the human figure. Inspired by pubic sculpture and monuments around the world, Sarah enjoys the challenge of creating world class sculpture for the public commissions she has received.

She also undertakes smaller commissions such as coffee table pieces and portrait busts. She works closely with her clients to creatively express their vision in the bronze works she sculpts.