Sandra is a Chinese watercolour painter.
She was born in England and moved to Calgary, Canada in 1988. Although she did not start painting in a serious way until 1999, she has always been interested in art and has experimented with the capabilities of various media before becoming interested in Chinese watercolour painting.
Sandra was introduced to the art of Chinese watercolour painting by the Melbourne based artist, Christina Eu-Huang Chung, during a 6 month stay in that city in 1997. She began taking lessons in Chinese Watercolours with Calgary artist Linda Chan in 1999. Linda has instructed Sandra in both the classical and contemporary style of Chinese Watercolour painting.
Chinese painting uses ink as the basis for many pieces and uses the white spaces as an integral part of the picture. Because of the minimal use of colour in the landscape paintings the strength of the brush strokes is more significant than in the Western style of painting. The appeal of Chinese watercolour painting comes from the ability to bring to life flowers, birds and trees with simple brushstrokes. Each element – paper, brush, ink, paint and the white spaces work together to provide the whole picture.
The paintings on this website are all ink and/or watercolour on rice paper. They are painted with traditional Chinese brushes. Once completed, they are mounted in a traditional manner on two sheets of rice paper. These photos were taken with the paintings on boards. When finished, they are signed and stamped with a “chop”.
Sandra is currently President of the Calgary Community Painters Society, and actively participates in their community events in NW and SW Calgary. In addition to this she regularly displays her work at the Art Tree.
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