Sandra Dean

I was lucky enough to study Fine Art at Gravesend School of Art  and later at Rochester College of Art in  Kent in the early 1960’s.

At that time students were taught classical drawing skills , where working from the model was the practise of the day, and 

I developed a love of figurative art. Now after a lifetime of doing other things, I am free to follow my “passion” once again .

My work is mainly figurative where I always try to convey more than flesh and bone. I try to capture the spirit as well as the form. 

My hope is  to engage the viewer, and connect emotionally through the work that I do.

I work in a variety of media , traditionally in oils , but also in a more impressionistic way with pastel and acrylic.

I have been influenced by so many  , including those great Renaissance drawings of  Raphael and Titian , by Turners and Singer Sargents work ,  by the late Fred Cumin and his wonderfully atmospheric work  and by the late  Ken Paine and his emotionally charged portraits.
Art for me  is a journey and I have loved it.