She worked as an artist manager in the movie and television music industry for or over 10 years and was instrumental in the writing and placing of music in many prime time programs, such as:
Countryfile
BBC Children in Need
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
The Queen Unseen
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The Queen in Her Own Words
Inside the Tower of London
Coronation Street – Memorable Moments
This Farming Life
Simon Reeve’s South America
Paddington Station 24/7
Coast to Coast Food Festival
Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
Missing or Murdered
Manchester: 100 Days After the Attack Hoarders: Landfill in my Living Room
Hoarders: Trapped By My Trash
Hoarders: Britain’s Biggest Hoard
Hoarder Homes: No Room to Move
Filthy House SOS
Filthy Garden SOS
Hoarders: Buried Alive in My Bedroom
The Great British Sewing Bee
The Great Pottery Throw Down
Olivia Marries Her Match
Sara has also worked as a producer and in the art department of many short movies .
After her upbringing in Milan and studies in Paris, she lived in London for 17 years and West Sussex for 10.
She and her two younger kids then moved to ‘sunny’ Colne in 2019.
She started collaborating with Chris in 2023 , initially as manager and admin assistant , but being the bossy Italian woman she is, she soon got herself a foot in the door of all those glamourous weddings and corporate events and she is now known as the ‘Colour Queen’, adding colour and a bit of fairy dust to Chris’s remarkable line work .
She is learning the ropes of live caricature work on the job and has quickly dusted off her art knowhow and is increasingly involved in ‘Caricature with attitude’ commission work.
Locally he illustrated the tourist board publication, “A Century of Fun” about Blackpool Tower.
In Preston Chris painted the well known “History of Preston” mural at the St George’s shopping centre.
Chris’ work also included caricatures of famous musicians. His painting of The Rolling Stones brought him to the attention of Bill Wyman himself for his Sticky Fingers Restaurants.
Subsequently, Phil Collins sponsored Chris for a grant from the Princes’ Trust to work as a record sleeve designer for Genesis and other rock bands. This work has proved hugely popular and he has exhibited his portraits of Hendrix, Nirvana, and many others at the Virgin Megastore in Manchester and the Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool.
Chris’s paintings have taken him further afield and he held a couple of successful exhibitions in Vancouver, Canada.
Chris Knapman’s varied talents include interior design. He has recreated favourite cartoon characters on children’s bedroom walls and Rubens in a dining room! Nightclubs and schools have all benefited from his talents.
Since 2015 Chris has started specialising in live caricatures, and that’s when ‘Caricatute with attitude’ was born!
Since then he has become a prominent member of the Caricature Community in the UK working at wonderful weddings and private events all over the North West and for numerous blue chip companies such as AstraZeneca, Dulux, Subway, Harley Davison, UCLAN, Birmingham City, Vets for Pets and numerous others.
Chris has recently been invited to represent the UK at a Worlwide Caricature Artist Festival in Turkey.
Being a great sport lover he specialized in team caricatures and is often employed by teams to capture their players.
He has illustrated ‘La Prem de la Prem’ a tribute to the players that made the premier League the richest and most entertaining league in the world (Available on Amazon / Barns and nobles / Waterstones online and from Chris’s website)
These days he is busy running from Castles to Stately Homes up and down the UK, helping to create special memories through his art.