Dreamswork

Paintings, drawings, collage and photography of Sandra Toornstra

Monday, March 21, 2011

Sensory Drawing 2

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Sandra T: I can be contacted at dreamsworknz@gmail.com ~ * ~ * If you are interested in buying an artwork you have seen on this blog, email me for more details. Artist in mixed media, painting, drawing, collage and photography. My drawings and photography are often a beginning point in my artwork and I’ve explored the shapes from these images in textural layers on canvas, working in acrylics and mixed media. Much of my work has been figurative based on life drawings. My fascination for surfaces has led me to focus more recently on materiality and process, experimenting with figure and ground, canvas and paint, creating non derivative work.

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... the contemplation of the form of the model, a fellow human being, may be compared to an act of humility in which the artist temporarily forgets his or her physical frailties and imperfections and marvels at the diversity possible within the human form.

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