At Loose Ends

Sandy Shreve
Pender Island, BC

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Size

24" x 24"

Medium

Oil on deep canvas

At Loose Ends reflects my response to the shocking news that began pouring across the border earlier this year. I began with a few swift gestural lines over a layered background. Once those were in place, I realized I’d been feeling at loose ends, wondering what to do in the face of so much calamity. I let that theme guide me as I developed the composition. Shapes at the edges of the canvas suggest that what we assume is stable often rests on fragile foundations; the lamps, dimly lit, suggest the potential for illumination, for finding a way forward.

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Sandy Shreve
Pender Island, BC

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Sandy Shreve
Pender Island, BC

Sandy Shreve is a visual artist and poet living on Pender Island (S,DÁYES). Her paintings are mainly abstract, with a focus on geometric composition. She has also written, edited and/or co-edited a dozen books. After decades of writing and several years of working with photographs, in 2015 she took her first painting class. Sandy’s visual art has been shown in several juried exhibitions, including the 2022 and 2023 Sooke Fine Arts Shows and the 2023 Parallel Art Show. Her paintings have been purchased by art lovers from BC as well as elsewhere in Canada, the US and England.

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