Sandy Askey-Adams Winter Solstice Watercolor 19 x 24	Sandy Askey-Adams Summertime in Pennsylvania Pastel one of the Top 100 Paint America winners 14 x 23	Sandy Askey-Adams Wintering Swan Watercolor 15 x 21
Sandy Askey-Adams Delaware Riverscape Pastel 14 1/4 x 23 1/2	Sandy Askey-Adams Summer Clouds over Bucks County Pastel 15 x 21	Sandy Askey-Adams View Through the Trees Pastel 13 x 19 1/2
Sandy Askey-Adams Wildflowers on the Delaware Pastel 12 1/2 x 21 1/2 SOLD	Sandy Askey-Adams Bicycling on the Tow Path Pastel 10 1/4 x 16 1/4	Sandy Askey-Adams Sunlit Afternoon, Tyler Park Pastel 32 x 38
Sandy Askey-Adams Woods Along the Canal Pastel 24 1/2 x 28 1/2	Sandy Askey-Adams New Hope Mules Pastel 21 1/2 x 25 1/2	Sandy Askey-Adams Morning on the Delaware River Pastel 22 1/4 x 33 1/2

Biography

Native to Pennsylvania, Sandy Askey-Adams was born in a small rural town which fostered her love of nature. From an early age drawing and painting her interpretation of nature was a natural and essential form of self expression. The interpretation of nature and its moods continue to be the focus of her work today.
    

Embracing a poetically sensitive and gentle style, she strives to communicate a greater sense of love and peace to her viewers with each new work.   

Primarily a self-taught artist, Sandy was an art major throughout high school. She received much encouragement from her mentors and teachers in her earlier years and has worked hard she says, by studying every art book possible, through trial and error and by way of blood, sweat and tears. Although experienced in most mediums, favorites are pastels, oils and watercolours. Particularly passionate about pastels she loves the dramatic contrasts, the rich layers of colours and the vibrant visual luminescence that can be achieved with pastels. She believes that the pastel medium will help achieve what she wishes to capture in the essence of nature.

Accomplishments are varied including the illustrations of the book titled "Nature Buffs Story", also illustrations for the ghost tours of Lambertville, NJ (illustrations were on permanent exhibit in the Lambertville House Hotel, Lambertville, NJ). As the exclusive, official artist for Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island (which was owned by Jacqueline Kennedy's mother and was the Summer White House during the term of John F. Kennedy) numerous pieces were painted which included the landscape, flower gardens, and mansion of the property. Also this artist's palette of experience includes the honor of being the Featured Artist of The Deep Run Festival of the Arts (1999), also designing theatre sets, painting wall murals for Designer Homes and private homes, teaching art classes, organizing and managing art exhibits and painting murals for Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Doylestown, PA. Moreover, as an invited guest on a television network show, Sandy had the opportunity to exhibit her work and discuss her technique and style of painting. She also is the chairperson for the monthly Juried Art Exhibits held at the Northampton Cultural Center, Churchville, PA.

Sandy's paintings have won numerous awards in pastels, watercolours and oils and have been exhibited in juried, invitational and group shows throughout the Mid-Atlantic and New England area. She has also had the privilege of playing piano at some of those exhibits, including the Harrisburg Art Association Art Exhibits, Harrisburg, PA.
 
Likewise her paintings are included in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland and England. Corporate collections include Keebler Corporation, and The Johnson & Johnson Corporation. Many of Sandy's pastel paintings are in the permanent collection of Ronald McDonald House in Delaware.  In addition to working in Fine Arts, Sandy enjoys playing piano, composing music and writing.

MEMBER OF:

American Academy of Women Artists.

"Their Artist Membership contains emerging figurative, western, plein air, still life, landscape, wildlife, and contemporary two and three - dimensional artists. We bring together women artists with similar goals, challenges, talent and professionalism".

Juried and accepted into the Maryland Pastel Society as a Signature Artist Member.

Elected Juried Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America.

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