Featured Artist Sandra MacPherson

Our Featured Artist of the Week is

 Sandra MacPherson

Website:  www.watercoloursbysandra

Online Gallery:  www.watercoloursbysandra

Also on Fine Art America

           

e mail:   watercoloursbysandra@gmail.com 

 

Sandra MacPherson has been working with watercolours since 1992. Largely self-taught, she has studied at the Ontario College of Art & Design and with various professional artists. Her portfolio of watercolour paintings includes landscapes, buildings, floral, still life, and figurative works. 

Where were you born? 

Toronto, Ontario

If you could have an art related vacation anywhere in the world where would you go and why? 

I would go somewhere where the light is radiant and there is lots of blue and white like Greece.

What’s your favourite thing to create and why?

I love painting pictures of century homes, children, landscapes, and flowers – because all of those images fill my imagination with stories of days gone by, the innocence and wonder of children, and the beauty of the world around us – when we stop long enough to look.

 How did you get your start in the world of art?

I have always loved to draw – since I was a child.  Making pictures is like telling stories.  I learned to paint in watercolour as an adult – simply from following pursuits that interest me.

Do you have go-to paints/colors that you love to use in your art work?

I love all the shades of blue and pink and yellow.  I like Windsor Newton paints best – but there are some Lucas paints I can’t do without.

Who has been your biggest inspiration as an artist? 

There are many – AJ Casson and all the Group of Seven; Andrew Wyeth, Christopher and Mary Pratt, and Helen McNicoll to name a few.

  

What have been some of your crowning achievements?

Getting a painting accepted into the juried permanent collection at the Heintzman House in Thornhill.

Serving as President with the Willowdale Group of Artists

Having my own shows

Participating in Studio Tours in Coldwater, and in Richmond Hill & Newmarket, Fall 2013

If you could have three wishes as an artist, what would they be?

To become a better artist

To be able to paint every day

To make a living doing art

What is the best advice that you have received as an artist?

In a documentary about AJ Casson, he said that he always thought “the next canvas will be better”.  This inspires me – because even the best artists always strive to create better work.

What colour best describes your personality?

I am a rainbow.

Thank you Sandra