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Sandi LearHaving travelled and lived all over the world with a myriad of careers/jobs/living and sailing the world's oceans...I have a love of the outdoors and all living things, wild or not-so-wild. Due to a medical condition I cannot travel to a lot of the places for resource and so work with a few world class photographers to provide inspiration for anatomy and behaviour. Always with music playing in the background, I am largely studio based.
Working exclusively in watercolour and a very loose and free manner, I may start a work with the subject and then build the background, alternatively I frequently enjoy creating a background and then letting it suggest the suitable subject - this frees the imagination.
To capture the essence of the subject is key, eyes are the windows to the soul and so very expressive. There is no need to tell the whole story, merely suggest the allegory...once the essence is there - the rest is immaterial and up to the viewer to complete, there is always something new to see. The animals and wild places I paint inspire me by drawing parallels with the human condition, often the higher values and ideals to which we would love to aspire.
We have an obligation to the places and animals with which we share this planet, to redress some of our poorer choices, and plan to make better ones...art through conservation is very dear to my heart and allows me to pursue my own ethical obligations.
Her work shown is all for sale, but most of it is currently with The Longworth Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Golden Backed Mountain Tanager
(2017)
Endangered bird for AFC 2018
8 x 8 x 1 (inches)
Watercolour
Ltd. Edition Available
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White-Chested Silver Eye
(2017)
Critically Endangered possibly extinct Silver Eye
8 x 8 x 1 (inches)
Watercolour
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All rights reserved. All images and text © Copyright 2024 Sandi Lear - Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation (Formerly
the Worldwide Nature Artists Group) www.natureartists.com.
This site represents the original artwork (nature art and wildlife art) of nature
artist and wildlife artist of Sandi Lear and is protected by international copyright laws. Use
of nature art, wildlife art or any other images or text from this site, requires
permission in writing from Sandi Lear (Melting Pot Studio & Snug).
This site is part of the Artists for Conservation (AFC) Web site. (Wildlife
Art - Nature Art - Conservation) Artists for Conservation is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to
nature art, wildlife art and conservation. On this site you will find world-class
nature art and wildlife art by today's leading nature artists & wildlife artists.
The AFC site is the Web's premier location for nature art, wildlife
artists
All content appearing in pages featuring Sandi Lear is the sole responsibility of Sandi Lear. The opinions expressed on these artists' pages are those of Sandi Lear and do not necessarily reflect those of the Artists for Conservation
Foundationi (AFC).
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