Rice Polak New Contemporary Artist: Sandra Pratt

There were so many extraordinary contemporary artists who’s work I had the pleasure of reviewing this winter but when I saw Sandra Pratt‘s paintings it was an immediate YES! Sandra Pratt‘s paintings rise from the canvas and their surfaces are thick enough to be sculptural. Her work is inspired by an emotional response to places I’ve seen and experienced.

“The personal and emotional nature of Sandra‘s work is influenced by her self-taught approach to working with composition, oil paint, and the palette knife. Years dedicated to a singular mode of working have resulted in dexterous paint handling and a strengthening of her themes of home, community, and landscape.”

“With nature and old architecture as her inspiration, her palette has evolved into rich reddish blacks, pale blues, creamy yellows, blue grays, and brownish tans. The places Sandra‘s paints into being possess age and history as well as a particular charm from being well used and needed..”

SEE WORK BY ALL OF OUR ARTISTS

The gallery is now open on weekends, online and of course by appointment. Please visit our website as new work by all of our artists continues to arrive daily!

Featured Image above: Distant House II by Sandra Pratt