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Sandy Byers

Image When I'm not painting, I'm thinking about painting. I love every part of the process and I hope that is what shows when you view my art. Though I am a very private person, art is a way for me to openly share my thoughts, emotions, knowledge, and respect for this tremendous gift that brings me so many ways to discover and enjoy the world around me.

 

 

 

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A Calling of the Heart
Sandy Byers was born in Monterey, California in 1956 in a house a few blocks from the beaches of Seventeen Mile Drive. Though she did not live there long, the water she was born close to was the beginning of a lifelong bond with the sea. The daughter of a Navy officer, Byers’ younger years were spent moving often with her family. The most adventurous of which was a move, at age eight, to Cannes on the French Riviera. On the family’s trans-Atlantic return trip aboard the Leonardo da Vinci, they were tossed about in high seas as their cruise liner tried, in vain, to rescue the British freighter Ambassador as she sank in turbulent waters a thousand miles off the coast of New York. Even this tragic experience did not wane her love of the sea.  

Because she demonstrated such a strong interest in drawing at a young age, at thirteen, Byers' parents
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Chirps and Cheers
 enrolled her in private oil painting lessons. Thus began her’ love affair with painting. Her style, from her first painting, was of a realistic nature and it is what she is still known for today. As a young adult, Byers pursued a career in the software industry and continued painting as time allowed.  

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A Pair of Peaches
 Byers’ retirement from the software industry in 2002 enabled her to pursue a full-time art career. She now lives on picturesque Whidbey Island, in Washington State, with her husband and their two cats. Her children are married and live in nearby Oregon.

Byers has worked in a variety of media and now concentrates mostly on producing works in oils and pastels. Many of her landscapes and seascapes include scenes from her local area on Whidbey Island. Byers is also well known for her heartfelt and expressive paintings of animals and she is dedicated to supporting animal welfare organizations.

In 2004, Byers entered her first competition: The Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 Competition. She won two awards in that juried competition and continues to gain acceptance into juried shows, national, and international competitions.

 

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Don't Let Them Disappear
In 2004, Byers entered her first competition in the Pastel Journal
and was honored with two awards. She is dedicated to pursuing her art career long-term and will continue to enter top-quality shows and competitions and participate in animal welfare causes.

 

     ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS/AWARDS
    
2009    The Pastel Journal, Pastel 100 Competition  Finalist
2009    Richeson 75: Pastels, hardbound book
2008    Article, Animal Attraction, The Pastel Journal
2008    Richeson 75: Artists' Choice, hardbound book
2008    WAIF Juried show: Freedom Runner ~  Best of Show
2008    Richeson 75: Figure and Portrait, hardbound book
2008    Richeson 75: Still Life & Floral, hardbound book
2007    The Pastel Journal, Pastel 100 Competition  Finalist
2007    Richeson 75: Still Life
2007    Richeson 75: Landscape and Exteriors, hardbound book
2006    The Pastel Journal, Pastel 100 Competition  Finalist
2004    The Pastel Journal, Pastel 100 Competition 2 Awards

 

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Not So Still Life
AFFILIATIONS

Signature Member     Juried Member
Artists for Conservation    Pastel Society of America
Northwest Pastel Society     Landscape Artists International
Pastel Society of the West Coast    Oil Painters of America

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