Sandra Pratt

"Winter Trees, " Oil painting

2022

David Shingler's (NC based) "Mt. Evans and Bierstadt, Colorado" is an oil painting that depicts a green grassy plain dotted with Pine trees leading to the snow capped mountains in th...

Lone figure with city

Storm over mountains

Sandra Pratt's "Impending Storm" is an original handmade oil painting that depicts an impressionistic rendering of water and land meeting with chaotic grey clouds overhead. Artist Statement: My work is inspired by my emotional response to places I've seen and experienced. In particular, the contrasts of light and dark. I enjoy using a palette knife for the immediate bold statement it offers. I started painting as a young child and studied for a while at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago but ultimately decided to be a self-taught artist, My style of painting is called abstract impressionism. I work Alla Prima, wet into wet, not reworking a picture that has dried. I started using the palette knife to do color charts, then kept using it for immediate effects and fun texture. The challenge is making the whole painting cohesive enough in a single session, which can be a fun challenge working big!. I paint intuitively, and I enjoy painting landscapes best, scenes all people can relate to at a fundamental level, green fields in Ireland, Paris alleys, and little white barns. I'm drawn to old structures, falling down barns, fences, and houses. I love the sense of history, fragility, and secrets they exude. Artists I'm inspired by are Edward Seago, Kyffin Williams, Nicolai Fechin, and Sergei Bogart. These painters have a very particular style and handle of paint manipulation I find fascinating. My color palette has simplified over time. I've experimented with many colors; my basic palette is usually around seven colors plus white. I like creating color harmony, so the focus is on shape, composition, and edges, although colorful paintings have a place in my work. Overall, I intend to show my viewers simplicity in art and create transcendent experiences. My work has been exhibited at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, with the Allied Artists of America in NY, and at the A.R. Mitchell Museum and the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art in Colorado. I'm from Chicago, IL, and currently live in the mountains of Colorado with my incredible husband, two kids, cattle dog...

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Oil Painting on Wood panel - Water lilies, Nature Work Title : Nelumbo nucifera 2 Artist : Raphaël Renaud (French artist, Born in 1974, lives and works in France and Berlin (Germany)...

Painting measures 10 ½" x 16" and framed 20 ½" x 26" x 4"

Albert LEBOURG (1849-1928) Pont du Château, 1918 Oil on panel Size : 33 x 42 cm Signed and dated 1918 lower left. Origin : - Galerie Tuffier, Les Andelys, - Private collection, Pa...

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