Selected Works

Vie Nocturne de Paris, 40" x 30" Mixed Media on panel

Andréa Sands tends to work (and play) with a wide range of mediums, colors and textures, including, but not limited to acrylics, pen and ink, charcoal, textiles, paper, gold leaf, and digital transfers.

Some of her work’s colors and mediums hint at an influence of Gustav Klimt. Other pieces of her design suggest characters that might subtly remind the viewer of something akin to what Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec might have considered.

The extreme simplification in outline and movement and the use of layering colors, images and textures, make up some of her most powerful works.

“I think of the feeling I experienced when I first learned how to ride a bicycle.

I think of the eyes of a child seeing a magic trick, or playing peek-a-boo…that look of wonder and surprise, and I think that’s why I like creating art. It brings back that “first-time” feeling for me each time I create something new…and everything is new, so the wonder is inspiring, wonderful, and unlimited.

It’s basic. It’s a “need.” I’ve enjoyed creating art my entire life. I have been fortunate to learn from several talented instructors and continue to learn each time I approach the canvas. I love creating art. That’s really it: Art makes makes me feel good, and hopefully, the finished, end-product can produce the same feelings in others.”

- Andréa Sands

ATELIERS & WORKSHOPS

INSTRUCTORS / MENTORS

Steve Carpenter, Ellen Cooper, Steve Early, Darren Kingsley, Charles Reid, Christian Kolupski, Brian O'Neill, Peter Macon, Henry Yan & Mau-Kun Yim, Scott Burdick, Susan Lyons-North Carolina, Robert Liberace, Incamanante-Shanks Studio -Philadelphia, Nancy Rayner-Sante Fe,

ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

Founding Member - New York Figure Study Guild, Rochester
DRAW Group, Memorial Art Gallery - University of Rochester

ART SHOWS

2015 DRAW | NAMASTE Ock Hee Gallery Honeoye Falls, New York

2015 Steve Carpenter Gallery & Art Center /Emerging Artists Show Rochester, New York

2014 DRAW | Color Rush II The Geisel Gallery at Bausch & Lomb Rochester, New York

2012 “Under the Influence – DRAW and Their Mentors" Dyer Arts Center /NTID /Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York

2011 "Parallel Perspectives: 11 Views"/DRAW Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester Rochester, New York

2011 New York Figure Study Guild/ Annual Art Exhibition Steve Carpenter Gallery Rochester, New York 2010 DRAW| Reflections REP-Art-ee Gallery & Penfield Arts Center Penfield, New York

2009 “Botega Ventura”/ DRAW Knoblauch Invitational Rochester, New York

2009 New York Figure Study Guild/ Annual Art Exhibition Steve Carpenter Gallery Rochester, New York 2008 “Color Rush” DRAW Bausch & Lomb Geisel Gallery Rochester, New York

2008 NewYorkFigureStudyGuild/AnnualArtExhibitionSteveCarpenterGallery Rochester, New York

2008 Steve Carpenter Gallery & Art Center /Emerging Artists Show Rochester, New York

2007 Steve Carpenter Gallery & Art Center /Emerging Artists Show Rochester, New York

2006 Steve Carpenter Gallery & Art Center /Emerging Artists Show Rochester, New York

2005 Steve Carpenter Gallery & Art Center /Emerging Artists Show Rochester, New York

2005 Williams Gallery Rochester, New York