About the Gallery

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Sandra is a watercolor artist from South West Michigan. She began pursuing a life long interest in watercolor in 2009 after raising her family. In six short years painting Sandra has achieved a remarkable amount of success. She has won top honors in juried watercolor exhibits both regionally and Statewide, most recently receiving the Michigan Watercolor Society Second Place  award for her painting 'Lake Michigan, October'.  In 2014 she won the Michigan Watercolor Society Anniversary Award for her painting "Portrait of a Master".  This comes after a phenomenal 16,000 hours studying watercolor in her studio and also En Plein Air.   Her painting, "Marco Island Sunset" will be included in Splash 2017 along with the most highly esteemed watercolorists working today,  her biggest honor to date.  Hard work pays off and in 2014 Sandra was been assigned a brush set with her name on them by Rosemary & Co. Handmade brushes out of England.   She also was featured in En Plein Air, online magazine, February March edition 2014 and found herself in the pages of the magazine in their 'Extreme Paint Out' section.  On March 6th, 2015 Sandra was introduced  as a "Revelation" in "The Art of Watercolor"  Magazine published in France and the United States.   Sandra was included Splash 2017 hardcover compilation of the current leading watercolorists from around the world and will again be featured in 2018's publication.  Sandra teaches annually  in Italy  at "The Watermill",  and also travels each year to Bulgaria where she exhibits and teaches.      In the past three years  Sandra has  maintained a heavy travel schedule painting from Vancouver British Columbia and Alaska all the way to the South East Coast of Florida.   She has worked outdoors across many States as well as Canada, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain.  Sandra is considered self taught but has  studied personally with Janet Rogers, Steve Rogers, Keiko Tanabe and Alvaro Castagnet.   She has workshops scheduled in New York,  Bulgaria, Italy, France, Michigan and Colorado in 2016/2017. 2017/2018 workshops are scheduled in Michigan, Hong Kong, Bulgaria and Italy.     

Sandra is one of the most enthusiastic and hard working artists whose saying 'Let's Paint' resonates daily with almost 20,000  online followers!   She is a member of the Holland Area Arts Council. Holland Area Friends of Art, a sustaining member of the American Watercolor Society, The American Impressionist Society and associate member of The National Watercolor Society.  This year (2018)  Sandra was honored with a signature membership with the prestigious Artists For Conservation, by invitation.     For workshop information please select the  workshop tab on the home page  menu.

A word from a student who has taken both the New York and Italy workshop with Sandra)   Andrea Reeves writes,  

"It’s been 7 weeks since my trip to your watercolor workshop at the Watermill in Tuscany and I can’t begin to tell you what a wonderful experience it was.  At first, I was apprehensive about going as I feared my artistic ability would fall short. However, you allayed my concerns from Day one and taught me how to fit in comfortably with the group.  Your demonstrations and teaching methods,  make watercolor fun  and exciting.  The personal attention you gave to each student helped  build our confidence and you were always by our side to softly correct our mistakes and encourage us to keep painting.

Upon my arrival home,  I began painting more and more and my confidence continues to grow.  My art colleagues can’t believe how much my painting has improved  since taking your workshop.  This in itself has inspired me to paint more and more.  I see a big difference in my shadows, my use of color and a new softness in my paintings. Besides, being a wonderful instructor, your energy and happiness is an inspiration to all your students.  We worked hard every day, but the rewards were abundant.  Among them were the beautiful locations where we painted, our wonderful hosts at the watermill who made sure all our needs were met,   and the amazing Italian cuisine.  Who could top that?

Thank you so much for supporting my artwork and for your continued guidance. I can’t wait to paint with you again and hopefully plan another trip to Tuscany."  Andrea Reeves

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