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Artist Statement:
When I decided to create
artworks on the theme of
global peace and dialogue for
an exhibition in Turkey, I was
launched from painting
landscapes into a new world.
After a month of sketchbook
work and research, black and
white seemed the obvious and
only choice for these images,
so I reluctantly gave up my
sumptuous oil paints.
Two concerns with working in
b/w presented themselves:
firstly, I find b/w rather
stark and cold; additionally,
I dont like framing that
separates the viewer and the
work, with glass. Drawing on
unprimed canvas solved both of
these issues as raw canvas was
a warm-sepia in tone and
didnt require glass.
After years of oil painting, I
can achieve a sense of form in
my work. However, my drawing
work has had a flat quality
with which I wanted to
experiment. The technical
issue of achieving structure
became my goal in what had now
become a series in my mind.
Books have a simple structure
that can be manipulated and
were the perfect objects to
work while developing form.
As the days of thought and
scribbled sketches passed, the
next consideration grew: what
message do I want ...
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Exhibitions for Sandra Bray:
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Selected Exhibitions
2009 - The Gibson Cultural Centre, Alliston, ON - invitational
2009 Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA invitational
2007 Georgian College Gallery, Barrie, ON group
2007 Ars Latina Camina, State Gallery, Castellon la Plana, Spain invitational
2007 - Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, ON - invitational
2006 - Uluslarasi Sanat Festivali, Adana, Turkey invitational
2006 - University of Watkinsville, GA invitational
2006 - Art on Main, Alliston, ON invitation
2006 Strade del Mondo, Ex Chiesa di San Sebastiano, Belforte del Chient, Italia - invitational
2006 Galleria degli Antichi Forni, Macerata, Italia - invitational
2005 The OCAF Cultural Arts Foundation Center, Watkinsville, GA - invitational
2005 The Museum of Arad, Arad, Romania - invitational
2004 The Museum of Arad, Arad, Romania - invitational
2004 The Travelling Weave Inaugural, Porto Recanati, Italy - invitational
2003 Biennale Internazionale dellArte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy - invitational
2003 The Apple Tree, Taos, NM - solo
2002 Taos Invites Taos, Taos, NM invitational
2001 The Apple Tree, Taos NM solo
1999 Taos Open, Taos, NM group
1998 Drawings and Carvings, Taos, NM duet
1997 The Best of Taos, Taos, NM juried
1996 Maximum Drawings, Santa Fe, NM juried
1995 McMichael Annual Exhibition, Kleinburg, ON juried
1995 TAA Drawing Exhibition, Taos, NM juried
1994 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Exhibition, Kitchener, ON group
1993 Taos Open, Taos, NM group
1992 Peel Regional Art Gallery Autumn Exhibition, London, ON juried
1991 Crosshill Schoolhouse Painting Exhibition, Millbank, ON duet
1990 Wellington County Museum Exhibition, Fergus, ON juried
1988 Elmira Library Spring Exhibition, Elmira, ON juried
1976 University of Waterloo Art Exhibition, Waterloo, ON juried
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