Sandra Beatt: 2017

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Rancho Relaxo Artist Retreat

week of September 18th

...a magical place...

approach

painting by Liz Schamehorn

Christopher photographing the frogs

campfire

my mandella

mandala returning

'Autumn Palette' Exhibit

...with 22 other artist for 'Autumn Palette'

at the South Simcoe Arts Council...

and

Two Paintings 'River of Gold"

on exhibit at Quest Art Gallery, Midland

for the

'13th Annual Juried Art Exhibit'

mixed media on canvas, 36 in 36 in - mixed media on canvas

and
Briar Hill Community Club
September Art Exhibit
with Joanne Lomas

Sunday, June 25, 2017

'A RIVER OF GOLD.'..or misplaced values

We know about our water and how we are abusing it,

we know there are Canadians who do not have clean water,
and in the name of progress and technology and greed and neglect,
we are destroying the lands,
abusing/polluting our rivers and streams, ponds and lakes.
...breakdown of 167 subwatersheds reveals the pressures that
different parts of Canada's water systems face....
overall stress level, pollution, alteration of water flow,
water use, habitat loss, fragmentation of ecosystems,
invasive species, climate change.
Ivan Semeniuk

'RIVER OF GOLD II'
36 in x 36 in
Mixed Media on Canvas

...I like how the light catches the bits and they sparkle...
'something of value'

'A RIVER OF GOLD I'

Mixed Media on Canvas, 24" x 30"

first go...
12" x 12" mixed media on canvas

I was going for a parchment look for the 'map/landscape'.
From my very old

'Nurses Illustrated Physiology'

(McNaught and Callander)

South Simcoe Arts Council 'Arts 0n Main, Ontario 150'

South Simcoe Arts Council

'Arts on Main, Ontario 150'

Awarded Second Place

I attended the Arts Awards on June 17th

Monday, June 5, 2017

...submission to the South Simcoe Arts Council 'Ontario 150 Arts on Main'...

Acrylic on Canvas, 12" x 12"
It has been a long time since I painted a landscape.
As landscape was mentioned in the SSAC outline I gave it a try.
This is a farm close to where I live in Alliston.

... and this assemblage
...found objects in a California Printer's Tray...
the tray was painted black preserving the many brass corners.
I was reminded of Louise Nevelson when painting the all white objects
and then assembling them in the all black case.
Cottage Life includes my three grandchildren.
This piece reflects time spent with them.

'Cottage Life on Georgian Bay'

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Barbados Update

Update on our time in Barbados...

We moved into our little red roofed home the middle of January. Almost immediately I enjoyed a four day mixed media workshop under Canadian artist Ariel Lyons. This provided the opportunity to meet many local artists. During our time here we enjoyed many activities including daily swims in the sea, church bazaars, Friday night fish fry at Oistins, the Holetown Festival, the ice cream man, sunsets over Miami Beach, visits to various tourist attractions with our visitors...Harrison Caves, Andromeda Gardens, North Point, Bathsheba, Chalky Mount, Earthworks Pottery to name a few. We visited friends and as well we had visitors, family and friends from February through to the beginning of April. We have a variety of plants that line the perimeter of the property. The fruit from our fruit trees are enjoyed by the monkeys who seem to know exactly when to come into the garden...mango, apple, Sour Sop, Lime. We did manage to hang onto a few mango by wrapping them in pieces of black garbage bags. We were told that if the monkeys can not see the fruit, they will leave them alone. Everything grows so fast and all requires weekly tending. My herb pots on the front porch require daily watering. We have enjoyed the gardening. I love the variety of blooms...my favourite is the red hibiscus. I managed some painting but not nearly as much as I had planned. I am once again taking an on-line oil painting workshop with
Dreama Tolle Perry.

I loved the ice cream truck that came around every evening, a memory of my youth...the Dickie Dee

( I just googled the Dickie Dee Man and it was a Canadian Vending Company, founded in Winnipeg Manitoba operated from 1959 to 2002.) Ice Cream delivered on bicycle and later by truck.

...two small oil studies from my on-line course...