Sandra Benhaim
Langton Experiment 2, 2019
Hand-cut + assembled painted paper collage, on watercolor paper
26 x 32.75"

Artist Statement
My paintings and collages are about place, and they take inspiration from landscape, but are not a representation of any specific location. For some time now, many of my images have been purely abstract, expressing in unabashed, exuberant color my enthusiasm for the natural world. I have also begun to investigate collage much more fully, by creating works on paper and other surfaces. My paintings and collages result from a rather intuitive process, and they are built up layer upon layer, with varied colors, expressive strokes of paint, and textured materials. This procedure allows the gradual, but ultimately triumphant, emergence of my art. My artwork welcomes viewers to "enter" these "worlds" by imagination, memory, and reverie.

Artist Bio

Sandra Benhaim is a visual artist working in oil, mixed media, and collages on canvas, wood panels, and paper. She earned a BFA (on a full-paid four year scholarship) and later an M.Ed, from Temple's Tyler School of Art. Sandra also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. For nearly two decades she was an art specialist teacher in Philadelphia's public schools.

After working representationally for years, she now creates mainly abstract images, often expressing these in unabashed, exuberant color. She has exhibited nationally from Washington state to New York to Florida. Sandra's paintings are in public collections such as PNC Headquarters Tower in Pittsburgh, PA; The Fellowship of PAFA (the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts); Servier Laboratories, Boston, MA; Mondrian Investments, Philadelphia, PA office; Bryn Mawr Dermatology offices in Villanova, PA; RCCB LLC Law offices collection, Conshohocken, PA.

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