Blog - Sandra Blackburne

OPEN SPACES EXHIBITION – Wrap Up

What a wonderful response from the many of you who came to my latest exhibition, Open Spaces at the Incinerator Art Space in Willoughby. It was so good to talk to you all, and to discuss my paintings and the places which inspired them. Open spaces is my ...

Open Spaces Exhibition

Final inventory and cataloguing before loading with only one week to go. The exhibition starts Wednesday, September 14 at 10 am at The Incinerator Art Space (2 Small St Willoughby). Open from the 14th of September to October 2nd – Wednesdays to ...

Workshops

Workshops held in both Sydney and the Hunter Valley have been well attended. I’ve loved working with two dedicated groups in such different locations. Despite the cancellations in April and May due to Covid lockdowns, and the occasional rain at the wrong ...

Watershed Gallery

My art is now at the Watershed Gallery, McDonald’s Road, Pokolbin, watershedgallery.com.au

Sharing with wildlife

The recent drought affected us in the Hunter Valley as severely as everywhere else. What was left of our studio garden provided some welcome water, shade and grass for this old kangaroo.

My new studio in the Hunter Valley

An exciting New Studio From now on, Sandra will be based both in Sydney and The Hunter Valley. She has moved her studio from Atchison Street in Sydney to a new purpose built studio in Pokolbin where she will produce most of her work. “The new studio is ...

Open Studio September 19 – 21

If you happen to be in the Hunter Valley I am holding an Open Studio over September 19 to 21st. Some of my recent artworks will be on display and are for sale. The studio is located at 2 Spotted Gum Drive, Pokolbin 2320 and will be open from 10am to ...

Recent profile of Sandra Blackburne from Art Edit magazine

Artist Profile: Sandra Blackburne

Europe in the Summer

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is so famous for his paintings of angst in the human condition that his earlier very beautiful images of landscapes and people are often overlooked. In Norway, staying with generous friends Tore and Turid at their summer cottage, ...

Colour in Your life with Graeme Stevenson

So enjoyed the film shoot of Colour In Your Life with Graeme Stevenson and the charming Sophia. What a pleasure it was to work with the team when they filmed me in my Sydney studio, Graeme, with support from Sophia and Jenny, ensured a thoroughly ...

April 2017. The stunning colours of The Kimberley coast

The Kimberley is such an inspiration to painters – fabulous colours, beautiful landscapes and so much life, you just have to know where to look for it. We spent 12 days touring the coast and the inland, met some wonderful Aboriginal artists and ...

Travelling the incredible Western Australia coast

It’s been a while since I’ve had the luxury of spending a month travelling and drawing each day. In July this year my husband and I travelled south from Broome along the Pilbara coast, inland to Karijini National Park, across to Tom Price and Ningaloo ...

Now Represented in The Hunter Valley by Watershed Gallery

I am pleased to announce that you can now view a selection of my works in the Hunter Valley at The Watershed Gallery owned by the wonderful Lyn and Ron Hammond. Lyn has had a lifetime career as a professional artist and was the co-owner of Artfocus ...

Forthcoming Exhibition “Coastlines” at The Incinerator, Willoughby

This Exhibition Coastlines evolved from many years making sketches as I travelled along Australia’s east coast. More recently, other extended trips included New Zealand and Western Australia. Sketching as I travelled along the Kimberley coast, the ...

Journeys. Works on paper – opening July 7, 2018

A new exhibition of works on paper coming soon July 7-19 Drawings done en plein air from travels around the country. My drawings represent the journeys which I take. They are records of my adventures where I find inspiration for my paintings, sometimes ...

Autumn begins early in Hill End April 2018

In April this year braving the cold in Hill End’s Golden Gully with friends including painting mate Jan Cristaudo, and the fabulous Luke Sciberras. What a fun week – Luke is such a generous host and a great cook. The drawings produced during the week will ...

Finalist in The Korean Australian Arts Foundation Prize December – January 2018

Honoured to be a finalist in the KAAF (Korean Australian Arts Foundation) Art Prize 2017 with the painting, ‘End of the Day, Fowlers Gap’. KAAF aims to bring together artists from different ethnicities. Exhibiting at the Korean Cultural Centre, Elizabeth ...

Passages Exhibition

Passages Depot II Gallery, 2 Dank Street Waterloo April 16 – April 27, 2013 In nature there is continuous creation reconstruction and disintegration which marks the passage of time. These works reflect a sense of that coming and going – the passing of one ...

Coast Lines Exhibition

COAST LINES The original idea for an exhibition on coastlines came from many years making sketches as I travelled along Australia’s East Coast. More recently, two extended trips to the West Coast, sailing up the Kimberley coast in 2017, and this year a ...

Memories Exhibition

Memories Me Artspace, 25 Atchison St, St Leonards November 2014 In the old mining town of Hill End in western NSW, many cottages still contain objects which the original owners brought with them. The exhibition moves through cameo images of these objects ...

Silent Witness Exhibition

Silent Witness Depot 2 Gallery, 2 Dank St Waterloo December 9 – 20, 2014 Silent Witness is inspired by forgotten dwellings absorbed into the landscape. The land becomes the silent witness to our histories. The paintings depict the interaction of people ...

Desert Light Exhibition

Desert Light T1 Art Terminal, TWT Creative Precinct 2 Atchison Street, St Leonards March 2017 At Fowlers Gap, west of Broken Hill, lack of water dominates the vegetation. This arid zone is represented in paintings such as ‘Endless Horizon’, where plants ...

Shadow Country Exhibition

Shadow Country The Incinerator Art Space, 2 Small Street, Willoughby April 27 – May 14, 2017 Shadow Country, explores the contradiction of Australia’s landscapes, the beauty and strength of our wilderness areas surviving in our harsh environment, but also ...

Opening Night, Shadow Country April 2017

Barely back from The Kimberley before getting ready for Opening night for a new exhibition at the Incinerator in Willoughby. A Walter Burley Griffin designed building, The Incinerator Art Space was the perfect location for ‘Shadow Country’. A few ...

Journeys Exhibition

Journeys. Works on Paper Drawings En Plein Air From Travels Around The Country My drawings represent the journeys I take. They are records of my adventures where I find inspiration for my paintings, and sometimes the drawing becomes an end in itself. Love ...

Successful Open Studio

Successful Open Studio It was gratifying to see so many show up to our open studio over the last few days. The studio visit was planned as an opportunity to show and talk art to our local friends and visitors, and I so enjoyed talking to so many of you. ...

So many paintings from my Coastlines Exhibition have found new homes….

My Coastlines Exhibition closed on November 10 after a successful three weeks at the Incinerator Gallery. It featured more than 30 paintings inspired by my trips around Australia’s shores. There was such a great response from all of the ...