Sandra
Campbell loves color and experimentation. Her subjects include
landscapes, florals, still life and animals. Initially, she worked only
with soft pastels but later branched out into collage and acrylics, often
combining these into mixed media pieces. A number of artworks are
inspired by her local surroundings and travels as she always carry a
camera. Skies and cloud formations are a favorite sight and inspired a series
of pastel landscapes. Campbell has been
a member of Sutter Creek Gallery for the last five years and will be the
featured artist in July.
For
pastel artworks, Campbell works on sanded surfaces which allow for multiple
layers of color as pastel painting is a process of layering on the surface
rather than color mixing prior to application.
“What attracts me to this medium is the possibility for vibrant oranges,
brilliant yellows, and intense purples and reds,” she explains. “I’m most satisfied when I’ve captured the
essence of a scene rather than the ‘reality’ and I’m working more and more to
that end.”
The
artist’s collage and mixed media pieces are created on wood panels, canvasses,
and watercolor paper. Most are fabricated
from rice, mulberry paper or other decorative paper, or archival tissue paper
which has been textured and hand-painted with watercolors. “I tend to go back and forth between the two
media and feel freer working with collage.
I admire abstract painters but come closer to that technique with
collage.
Sutter
Creek Gallery invites you to meet Sandra Campbell at the reception in her honor
on Saturday, July 7, beginning at 2 p.m.
In addition to her larger artwork, she will offer small mixed media
collages and matted 5 x 7 pastels. She is one of 25
local artists exhibiting at the cooperative located in the heart of Sutter
Creek at 35 Main Street. The gallery is
open Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For
additional information, call 209-267-0228, email suttercreekgallery@gmail.com or visit www.suttercreekgallery.com.
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