We have moved to Florida!

Hi all, 

A post to update my news! We have moved to Florida! I now will be teaching in my new state! I have been busy painting and reorganizing the studio and its teaching activities. I love the weather and the beautiful landscapes, seascapes, trees, flowers and weather! I have many folks here who are very eager to learn the Boston School painting I teach and practice. I am still an approved Art Renewal Center atelier, https://www.artrenewal.org/Atelier/Index/10172 and I hope to have images soon of my teaching activities in the sunny south! 

Please check back as the fall semester gets underway. Please also be patient, as the pandemic restrictions have affected all of us in our business!

Thanks, 

Sandra

New Year! Art Renewal Approved again!

Happy New Year!

Looking forward to another year of drawing and painting! I enjoy my atelier teaching and work, and I just love painting! I can loose track of hours when painting, I am happily lost in the work, a certain sign that this is my passion!  I often look and the clock and am surprised I have passed so much time at painting, having thought I had only begun.

My atelier has been Art Renewal center approved again and our seal of approval is below! I highly recommend visiting their website clicking HERE, and view my atelier page clicking HERE!

Below are a few picture of an oil painting this year from my atelier. I especially love (my student has not completed it yet, but I love the process) :

And here is an interesting article to read: HERE.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting! ---Sandra

All's well in the Atelier in the High School at Bradford Christian Academy!

Hello!

 Have not been keeping up with posting here, so here are a few pics of ongoing work in the atelier, we are in our 4th year! 

We are the only approved atelier that takes place in a high school, or any school as far as I know. We are certified for a second year by the Art Renewal Center. 

more later! 

High School Atelier in its third year!

The high school atelier is in its third year! 

The atelier class is held all year long during regular school hours, as a class in Bradford Christian Academy,(http://bradfordchristianacademy.org/). This is an amazing school, check them out. I am so pleased to be able to teach this subject. The results are awesome! 
Check out https://www.facebook.com/SandraGaldaArt/ to see what we are up to!

We began the year again with some Bargue work.

We are just finishing some value studies, one above. In our next projects we will be leaving sight size and working more relationally, using comparative strategies. 

More later!

Some of my student's artwork---School's out for the summer!

Some of my student artwork

from my high school atelier :

 

All of these student works, except for a few by an 11th grader,  are created by 9th and 10th graders!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was very impressed with the student work and their efforts at learning to see and use the strategies of the Boston School and academy style instruction to capture the visual image. It was hard to squeeze down the excellent atelier experience I enjoyed for approx. 6 years at Ingbretson Studio with my teacher Paul Ingbretson.........but the kids did get a taste of the training.  The last shot is of me in one of the rooms.

Now that school is out, I hope to work more on some of my works in process!
--Sandra



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"Laura Coombs Hills, (after a photo)," by Sandra Galda

"Laura Coombs Hills, (after a photo),"  by Sandra Galda

 28x36 inches oil on linen

Laura Coombs Hills (1859-1952), a founder of both the Newburyport Art Association (one of their gallery rooms is named in her honor), and The Guild of Boston Artists, (now celebrating its 100th year), She was a Boston School painter.

This painting will hang in a show at the Newburyport Art Association in a show called,

"Portraits of Newbuyrport,"
 September 12-24, 2014
Reception, free and open to the public, Saturday, Sept. 14, 7-9 pm.

 *Update: Here are some pictures of the opening night party-fun!

If interested in purchasing any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use the PayPal button if included in the post. Small works are signed in full on the back of the painting. All works priced and sold without framing unless by special arrangement with buyer. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Two paintings in a show

Vase and Orchids by Sandra Galda 

Oil on canvas 11x14 inches

Three Fish and Onions by Sandra Galda

oil on canvas 16x20 inches

                    Above are two paintings completed over the past year or two which are now on sale in the Spring Members Open Show, March 28-April 19, 2014 at the Newburyport Art Association, in Newburyport, MA. If you wish to inquire about these items, here is the contact information for the gallery: