Pastel works well in depicting rural Wisconsin’s tall grasses and the sides of weathered barns when Sandra Place is using it. Originally from Door County, the artist now lives in Santa Fe; her work is on display at Base Camp Coffee Bar in Sister Bay with an opening starting at 4 p.m. July 13.
My favorite of the works is a barn where the texture of the pastel mimics the texture of the wood. She does an impressive turn with winter scenes and blue-tinted snow and the unsubdued grasses rising through it.
On her web site she writes:
“I paint primarily in pastels and acrylics. Pastels are a very spontaneous and expressive medium, allowing many different working styles and an immediacy not found in other mediums. They are also one of the most permanent of all painting mediums. Because the sticks are dry, colors are not mixed on a palette but are applied directly on the paper. I work on sanded paper, which allows the use of many different colors and layers to achieve the desired effect. Acrylics afford me the opportunity to work "wet", mixing colors and painting with brushes, more in the manner of oil painting, which provides a nice balance to the dry medium of pastel.”
The work, which is priced from $700 to $1,400, is well worth seeing.
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