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Auction Ends: Feb 13, 2012 01:00 AM PST

Art

Sandra Jones Campbell - Gauguin's Dream Meditation

Item Number
101
Estimated Value
3000 USD
Sold
850 USD to GlennGray
Number of Bids
12  -  Bid History

Item Description

Artist’s Background

Sandra was educated at the University of Maryland (International Division in Istanbul) and the University of Oregon and has gone on to become a popular and critically acclaimed painter.

Sandra describes her paintings as composites of social sightings portraying evocative associations from a voyeuristic perspective, often at moments of personal apprehensions or sociological attitudes. Her visual narratives achieve effects that are simultaneously playful and sophisticated.

Sandra’s depiction of social and political scenes reflect both her professional respect for the 30's style German Expressionists Max Beckman, George Grosz and Otto Dix, and her uniquely gentle wit. Multiple figures populate lively acrylics on paper or canvas images that blend Sandra's optimism and candor, along with her keen visual skill: balancing color, form composition, humor and subject matter.

Sandra's provocative paintings have been shown in over 50 one and two person exhibits, and at museum shows in California, Oregon, Massachusetts and Arizona. Paintings by Sandra Campbell Jones are included in permanent collections both nationally and around the world. She is a regular exhibitor at the Festival of the Arts in Laguna Beach. 

Artist’s Statement

Homage to Gauguin's passion for painting Island Women, for using Primitives as subjects. His desire in painting to deal with suggesting rather than describing. Concept of vision replaced that of observation. His intuition led him to discover that in terms of surface area or degrees of intensity, color no longer builds up but merely suggests form. For Gauguin's meditation, art was an abstraction. The violin is held aloft by a wooden Art Deco style statue (painted in acrylic to match). It is used to balance the violin and is a tribute to the female figurative in Music and Art.

For more information about this artist, visit : sandrajonescampbell.com

Item Special Note

Materials: Acrylic paint on wooden violin

Dimensions: 31"H x 14" W x 3"D

Display Location: Pacific Edge Gallery; 540 South Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92651

Shipping and Handling: After Feb. 13, Violin Art may be picked up in Laguna Beach at no cost.

If item requires shipping, the cost of insurance, handling and shipping will be paid for by the winning bidder.

Violin donated by Patricia and Ken Morgan of Laguna Beach, CA.

Donated By:

Sandra Jones Campbell