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Artist Statement:
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 ...
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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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Sandra Smith-Dugan Biography:
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Sandra Smith-Dugan was born, raised and educated in California's San Francisco Bay Area. Her earliest exposure to art came from her mother, a University of California at Berkeley fine arts graduate and accomplished painter. Having grown up with the support of an artistic and creative family, it is no surprise that Sandra has been painting and drawing as far back as she can remember. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from San Jose State University, and then continued her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and at various professional workshops.
She paints in oil on canvas and board with an emphasis on the landscape, urbanscape, and figurative work. Painting en plein air or in the studio, her work is open and expressive and showcases her innate sense of impactful presentation and visual balance. The central elements of her artistic approach have much to do with the characteristic feeling of a chosen subject, be it a scene in nature, an architectural edifice, or a depiction of the human figure. Smith-Dugan looks for the inherent character of her subject, and strives to fully express it. The artist carefully assesses the key effects of light, mood, energy, movement and emotion, and then brings each to her painting effectively through the appropriate use of color, line and composition.
Smith-Dugan's style, which has been through its own evolutionary process, contains the influences of Bay Area Figurative painters Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff, Joan Brown, and Wayne Thiebaud. Early in her career, she was impressed by the spontaneous and expressive quality of their work because it was innovative, personal and authentic. Sandra Smith-Dugan’s painting style has clearly evolved far from her initial observances of the work of the artists whom she admired. Today, she has fully matured as an artist, and her own unique artistic handprint is characterized by a single-minded dedication to only creating work that satisfies her high standards for composition, painterly execution, aesthetic content, and visual narrative.
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