Sara Petterson was born in 1972 and grew up in Lerum outside Gothenburg, where she spent a lot of time in her father’s art studio developing her creative work. Sara studied painting and drawing at various art schools and worked at several advertising agencies in Gothenburg and Stockholm since the early 90’s. She has been active as an artist and illustrator since 2004 under the artist name SaraMara in Sweden and internationally, and continuously takes commissions both as an illustrator and as an artist.