Paintings

Contact Information

PO Box 7464
Philadelphia, PA 19101
tel: 610-446-5699
e-mail:
www.sandrabenhaim.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

I work mainly in oil and oil paint stick on canvas, wood panels, and paper, and find inspiration and wonder in the world around me. In my paintings and most recently, mixed media collages, I try to express and also celebrate my passion for nature and all its splendor of color and variety. I employ layers of color, as well as colors juxtaposed against each other, to create a visual energy that fascinates me. After working in a representational manner for many years, “little pieces of landscapes” began to mix in my artwork with pure abstractions of color and texture. Lately, I have created purely abstract images expressing in unabashed and exuberant color my passion for nature.

My work is about “place” and is landscape-inspired, but it is not a representation of a specific location. The visitor is welcome to enter by imagination, memory, and reverie, and I hope there will be many visitors.

Education

1973
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
M. Ed.

1968
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
BFA

Continuing Education

2000 – Present
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Periodic Critiques with master painter Moe Brooker

1997
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Studio for Advanced Studies Program

Honors and Awards

1968
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
Full-paid four-year scholarship from the Philadelphia Board of Education and Temple University

Professional Experience

1968 – 1986
Art Specialist Teacher, School District of Philadelphia

1976 – 1979
Art Teacher, Klein Branch JCC and Neighborhood Center, Philadelphia, PA

Affiliations

Philadelphia Tri–State Artists Equity
Artist Member, Main Line Art Center
Artist Member, ARTsisters

Bibliography

2008
Donohoe, Victoria “ARTsisters member’ show at Tyme” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 20, 2008

Selected Exhibitions

2009
Annual Small Oils Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention

Art Of The Flower, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

ARTsisters Juried Exhibit, The Art Trust at Meridian Bank, West Chester, PA

Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists, SPP Galleries, Conshohocken, PA
M. Hamburg Memorial Award

2008
Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

The Green Exhibit, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

ARTsisters Anniversary Show, Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA

The Gift Of Art, Viking Culinary Arts Center, Bryn Mawr, PA

Living With Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Mid-Atlantic Regional Show, Redding Gallery, Wilmington, DE

Corsets For A Cure, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007
First Friday Main Line, Carol deYoung Boutique, Bryn Mawr, PA

Works on Paper, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

65th Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

Living With Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

144th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Art of the Flower, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Small Worlds, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
3rd Prize

2006
Small Works Show, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ

Art of the Flower, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Merit Award

Flowers…A Group Show, Twenty Two Gallery Café, Philadelphia, PA

Small Worlds, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
3rd Prize

Betsey Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Landscape Revisited, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

2005
Eyes On Art, Offices of “The Eye Doctors,” Havertown, PA

Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity 56th Fall Exhibition, The American College,
Bryn Mawr, PA
Juried Exhibition

The September Abstract Show, Minerva Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Art of the State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Juried Exhibition

142nd Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Al Gury, James Groody, and Rebecca Rutstein

2004
Solitary Endeavors, Atelier Fine Art Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
Juried Exhibition

2003
Art of the State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Juried Exhibition

Annual Open Juried Show, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA