Violet E. C. Sanders, later Violet Sanders Mallet, (13 March 1904 – 1983) was a British artist who painted in both oil and watercolours and was a wood engraver and clay modeller.^[1] She was also a heraldic artist and illustrator.^[2]

Sanders was born in Mexico City, where her British father worked for the Shell oil company, and was educated in Britain.^[2] She attended the Blackheath School of Art during 1922 and 1923 then spent two years at Harrow Technical School before studying at Willesden Polytechnic from 1925 to 1928.^[1][2] During World War II Sanders worked as a map maker for both the British Cabinet Office and the War Office and helped prepare the maps used for the D-Day landings.^[2] During her career she exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy in London, with the Society of Graphic Art and the Society of Women Artists.^[1] For many years Sanders lived at Perranporth in Cornwall.^[1]