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Sandra Meyer has been a career artist for 20 years, having worked prior in the music industry as a professional musician. She creates her mix media paintings with a complex layering of rhythmic relationship, coming together, as many of her collectors describe as “magical.
Sandra’s interpretation of the natural world and the world around her is translated and brought about with a mix of spontaneity, control, and an intuitive response, all of which has been a guide in her art. Observation of the natural world has been her powerhouse and she draws from memory to create her marks and images.
“The themes and collections I create are of real memories and narratives of places and things of my past - the things that brought me joy as a child. The things that helped heal me. In my current art practice, those subjects have come back in my work on a deeper level. I draw on them as symbols of strength, hope, peace and resilience.” - Sandra Meyer
Being self-taught and mentored by the acclaimed Miami artist, Mira Lehr, Sandra’s work is created with a fusion of several materials in multiple layers. Acrylics, fluids, and inks are her paint mediums which are poured and dripped onto fresh canvas, at times incorporating Japanese paper and collage in a very unique layering process.
Also another very unique technique and medium is her use of gunpowder and fireworks fuses, igniting the piece at specific times and layers. It is as if the composition was created in part with the spontaneous use of fire and smoke. Also, collage and her own journaling can be found buried into texture, creating depth and meaning. The painting always guides her to where it needs to go next. Whatever medium, it is a very physical, intuitive and energetic process.
Sandra’s work can be found in numerous private and public collections. She currently works and resides in San Diego along with her husband Mark who is her studio manager.