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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Los Gatos Arts Commission
1986 San Jose State University
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 Stage Gallery, New
York, Face to Face - HONORABLE
MENTION
2001 Coastal Arts League
Museum, Half Moon Bay CA.
Figurative Works - 4 person
show
2001 Works Gallery, San Jose
CA. Works Banter Exhibition
2001 Triton Museum ...
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Artist Reviews:
Los Gatos Weekly Times
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February 6, 2002
Artist varies themes in
current show
Council Chambers exhibit
offers three favorites
The Half Moon Bay Review.
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October 17, 2001
A figurative body of work
By Stacy Trevenon--Half Moon
Bay Review
Four Bay Area women artists
are the talent behind the
Coastal ...
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Collections:
My work is included in many
private art collections
throughout the U.S. and in
Canada....
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Sandra Smith-Dugan
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As an artist, I use painting as a conduit for the full expression of what I see, feel, know and desire. I am a native Californian, raised in the Bay Area, so much of my work finds its roots in the rich context of the people and landscape of this region. Lucian Freud, and the Bay Area Figurative school painters, such as Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud and Elmer Bischoff have all been strong influences on my style and process.
Life has a way of inspiring me with a plentitude of subject matter. When painting the figure, I work with a direct and immediate approach that takes full advantage of the model's energy and physical language. This provides me with an appropriate means of interconnecting the objective and the subjective, and using sensual observation to present personal reflections on our shared humanity.
I look at landscapes and urbanscapes as living entities with a past and a future. When painting them, I try to convey my sense of their drama and energy and to visually imbue the scenes with a combined sense of history and presence. When approaching a new canvas, my first emphasis is on developing a strong composition. I then focus on the painting elements of color, light, value and texture. The finished painting is a reflection of the present, interwoven with the complexity of the past and the promise of the future.
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