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SANDER GLADSTONE ARTIST
>>> Last Gallery Update : November 19 2008 <<<
Please scroll down to the text below to read about the artist.
On the "Gallery" main page ( see tab above ), you will see the paintings
grouped chronologically into years,
from pre-1973, to the present.
The opening Gallery page defaults to the 2004 - 2007 period.
If you click a painting's thumbnail, which is a detail within the painting,
the painting's description and image will appear.
to view the paintings within that grouping,
Sander’s painting style can be compared to those of some of the artists of the Group of Seven, the Surrealists, the Impressionists, and the Post-Impressionists. His most-used medium is watercolour paints, and pencil, on Arches paper, though he has also painted extensively in oil-on-canvas, and acryllic-on-canvas. Earlier works from the 1970's also include rare examples of zinc- and copper-plate etching, and lithography
( original images were on limestone blocks ). He has also worked extensively with pen-and-ink.
Without exception, Sander’s art is an expression of his life: his experiences; his travels; his moods; his observations and opinions; his family and friends and colleagues; his hopes and dreams; his fears and thrills.
The majority of his paintings tend to break the image plane into foreground and background through the use a horizon line, and through proportioning, and balance. Technically, the images are “ cloisonné “; where line-work precedes painting, and where the perceived mass and volume and motion of the line-work is infilled with colour, shade and texture.
His paintings and drawings each tell a story. Symbolism is saturated throughout each piece, in subtl e, logical, meaningful, and whimsical ways. Together, the visual elements of each painting and drawing are balanced in an inherent, intuitive, manner which approximate the proportions of the Golden Section and other natural and mathematical ordering systems. Unlike the much more sophisticated and complex artistic works of Da Vinci or Escher, however, Sander does not rely on constructed geometry or trigonometry to frame his composition.
Sander’s more intuitive composition methods derive in part from his profession as a practicing architect. Sander has been working in the architectural and urban design professions since 1978, and is Principal of his own firm, established in 1994 in Toronto, Canada: Sander Gladstone Architect.
Many aspects of his profession impact on his artwork: the drafting and compositional precision associated with architectural design in general; the knowledge of the vast millennia-spanning evolution of architectural styles, with which most architects are familiar; and the understanding of point, line, plane, mass, volume, datum, rhythm, symmetry, balance, repetition, circulation, way-finding, additive form, subtractive form, etc.: in a word, composition and the ability to evoke emotional response.
His architectural design and projects may be viewed at his company's site : www.sga-architect.com
As well, while as a Senior Director in an international retail-branding and retail-environment design company ( WATT International Inc. ), Sandy refined his skill-set related to the incorporation of visual-cues
( akin to brand-marks and branding ) into his artwork.
All of this contributes to his unique stylistic signature.
Combined with having lived abroad, and continuing to raise a family, and travelling somewhat extensively, and staying current on world and current affairs, Sander’s artwork packs a potent story. His artwork provides an engaging, alluring, endearing, visual to adorn walls and add to the vibe and character of the space in which the painting inhabits.
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