by Sandy | Feb 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Vibrant colour is exciting, sometimes overwhelming and occasionally hard to live with. Grey on the other hand can be calming and may be easy on the eye. The trick is to add interest with texture, shape, line and variation of these...
by Sandy | Jan 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Six highly textured abstract paintings in acrylic are ready for the finishing touches. Once the pieces have the edges painted, are varnished, have hardware added and photographed: they will be titled and...
by Sandy | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sometimes as an artist you simply get too close to your work to see it objectively. Of course this could simply be what happens to me. This video shows two paintings: one is a painting that I was going to put white gesso all over in order to start again. Several...
by Sandy | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
See two of the stages in painting this highly textured abstract painting… from putting in some basic shapes and colour to adding interest with additional layers and colour and...
by Sandy | Jan 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
This video is a continuation of a previous one that shows the process used to add texture to a painting. I have shown the first finished abstract piece of eight paintings in my January painting schedule. This particular painting will need to have the edges painted,...
by Sandy | Jan 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
My plan for January is to complete 6 to 8 paintings before the 26th of this month. That includes having them varnished and photographed. This whirl of activity was inspired by an email from Michael Deyell of Covent Garden Gallery a week past. I will also be doing one...
by Sandy | Jan 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Covent Garden Gallery in Ontario’s beautiful Prince Edward County has shown my work for a few years. My RedEye Gallery partners Jennifer Hinrichs and Michael Steinhauser first met Covent Gallery owner Michael and we enjoyed two years of reciprocal cross-...
by Sandy | Dec 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Not everyone has a need or desire for beauty, but beauty has inspired the best in what’s human since before recorded time. If art is soul work – beauty feeds my soul. In these last few days the winds and changing light of September have contributed to full...
by Sandy | Dec 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Art Fairs and Art Tours proliferate in central Ontario and some artists travel from show to show. The upside for the artist is in getting to talk to a lot of people both the public and other artists. The downside is the amount of work involved for a very uncertain...
by Sandy | Dec 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
This will not be the first painting that this young couple purchase. They have several original pieces in their home. However, it is the first piece that they have selected together. They started by browsing all of the available paintings that I have listed and...
