Sara Carlisle, born in the United Kingdom in 1958, now lives in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. She received her Ph.D. in Biology from Queen’s University in Canada, where she studied plant physiology and molecular biology.

Largely self-taught, her interest in art is long-standing. She has been a member of From the Valley Artisans' Co-op in Deep River since 1996, and has participated in the Deep River Craft Fair since 1985. She has given several workshops on multi-media art in the local public school. Sara works predominantly in watercolour, but also dabbles in acrylic, pen and coloured pencil, stained glass and computer-based digital art. She was introduced recently to botanical art through workshops conducted by Canadian botanical artists Kathryn Bourbonniere and Pamela Stagg, and found it provided an ideal way for her to combine her interests in art, botany, and gardening. She is a member of Botanical Artists of Canada and Deep River Association of Botanical Artists, and has exhibited at local group exhibitions in Deep River, Ontario, and in Toronto at Canada Blooms in 2003.