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My approach to making art is guided by intuition and intense observation
of the subject. The
act of painting releases a stream of consciousness and creative energy
that reveals my view of reality. The tension between visual perception and engaging with the paint
itself guides my process. It straddles the line between realism and
abstraction. Painting
leaves a record of my experience. It is my most poignant and genuine
means of expression. My paintings are not intended to convey a specific message, but rather to evoke an emotion from the viewer. How the viewer interprets it is left to their own response.
I enjoy
using a palette knife for the immediate bold statement it offers. I
started painting and drawing as a young child and studied for a while at the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago but ultimately decided to be a
self-taught artist, My style of painting is abstract
impressionism. My work has been exhibited at the Brattleboro Museum, Allied Artists of America in NY, A.R. Mitchell Museum and the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art . I'm from Chicago, IL, and currently live in the mountains of Colorado with my husband and two kids, a dog and cat.
"She is an intuitive artist whose instinct is genuine and true. She is able to take in her surrounding, whether they be an alleyway in Europe, a show at a museum, or a poem from her childhood, and transcribe those ideas onto canvas. Emotional and spontaneous, she has a gut reaction to the paint and how it should be used."
-Southwest Art Magazine
"Sandra Pratt's landscapes rise from the canvas, their surfaces thick enough to be sculptural. Her quick swipes stand on their own as slices of a tremulous second, living between the sky and tomorrow. Each painting is the result of a single sitting. In doing her work that way, Pratt catches the energy of the moment."
-Western Art & Architecture
Inspiration
Mountains, rivers, fog, forest walks, sunsets, sunrises, fog, morning light
Techniques
Palette knife painting, Alla Prima,Plein air
career highlights
I currently show at 9 select galleries across the country check out my Gallery page for more information
Exhibitions
2022 "Solo Show" Abend Gallery, Denver, CO 2021
"Beyond the Surface" Mockingbird Gallery, Bend OR 2021 "
4 Person Show", Rice Polak Gallery 2018
"Solo Show" Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, CO
2017 "Abundance" Solo Show Selby Fleetwood Gallery, NM
2017 Two Person Show Mockingbird Gallery, Bend OR
2015 Vilona Gallery, Boulder CO
2015 "Snow" Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Group Show Plein Air Austin, Dougherty Center, Austin TX
2014 Solo Show Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2013 "Post Linear" Gallery Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas
2019 Group Show-Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2008 "New Expressionism" Merrill Johnson Gallery
2007 "The American River" Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
2005 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
2005 Allied Artists of America Show, New York, NY
Awards
2016 Best of Show Bold Brush Painting Competition
3rd Place* Northern Colorado Artist Association Exhibition,
Fort Collins, CO2015 Bold Brush Award
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibitions,
Golden CO - Sarah Rutherford Award
2001 Stamford Art Association Award - Stanley & Vivian Reed Marine Art Show, Stamford CT
2001 National Works on Paper Show, Houston, TX
Publications
American Art Collector - May 2015
American Art Collector, May 2013
Santa Fe New Mexican - Pasatiempo, May 2012
Success Stories — Southwest Art Magazine, Jul. 27, 2010*
Then and Now - Southwest Art Magazine, Dec. 2009
Collector's Choice - Southwest Art Magazine, Nov. 2008
Simply Stated - American Art Collector, Aug. 28, 2008
Dramatic Landscapes - Artbook, May 2005
Colorado: Best of the West - Southwest Art, Nov. 2004
Regional Expressions of America - Wildlife Art, May 2004
Colorado-Best of the West - Southwest Art, Apr. 2004
Entering the Zone - Focus Magazine, Aug. 2003
Lyrical Creations - Southwest Art, Apr. 2003
21 Under 31 Emerging Artist Issue - Southwest Art, Sep. 2002
