Street Art
Artist Statement
Working with thick acrylics, most often with a palette knife applying layers and layers of paint and glaze, scraping, and adding and subtracting a piece evolves, resulting in colorful and energetic visual excitement. The work is created on thick border canvas. The sides of the canvas are painted. No framing is required. For the creation of my work, I use dry pigments, acrylic paint, modeling paste and different types of gel mediums. My work has texture, finish and depth. I have developed my own glazing techniques to create this effect.
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My paintings are not representational allowing the viewer to use their imagination to tell their own story. My paintings reflect what I feel in my heart and imagination, not what I see in front of me, which translates not to a representation of something tangible, but to a painting full of emotion and thought.
Artist Bio
My name is Sandra Chu and I paint under the name of Sander, my given nom de brosse at Indiana University.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Indiana, I moved to California in 1970. I retired from corporate life in
2008 and began to pursue my lifelong dream of being a fulltime artist. In 2017 I made the decision to return
to Louisville, KY to care for family. I returned to Northern California in 2020. I am an intuitive painter my
work is full of color and passion.
Art is a family tradition, starting with my grandfather who painted frescos in cathedrals in Milan, my cousin
Leon Battista Alberti artist and architect from Florence, my Aunt Eleanor Marfisi who was an author, artist,
and musician, my Uncle Caesar Berra who encouraged me to paint watercolors at age 6, and my mother who
until age 96 still painted. I knew at an early age that art was going to be a strong influence in my life and I
wanted to learn as much as possible. When I travel I go to every museum and gallery to study and experience
the work. Impressionism struck a particular chord with me because it broke the rules of academic painting
by giving colors primacy over lines. Art has always been a passion of mine and now, I can pursue my dream
full time.
My paintings are not representational allowing the viewer to use their imagination to tell their own story. My
paintings reflect what I feel in my heart and imagination, not what I see in front of me, which translates to
something tangible, but a painting full of emotion and thought.
Education: I studied charcoal drawing for 4 years at the Louisville Junior Gallery, 3 summers of plein air
drawings, as well drawing and painting curriculum at Indiana University, ceramics classes Apple Valley Jr.
I graduated from CSUDH with a BA in Studio Art specializing in Sculpture.
My work can be found in private
collections throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. I am a member of SFWA Gallery (San Francisco
Women’s Artists) and Red Umbrella Artists in San Francisco.
Website: art-by-sander.com E-mail: artbysander@att.net