Artist's Statement
Sandi Ericzon Bruns was
born in 1942 in Elmhurst, Illinois. She holds a BA in Design and Fashion
and Textiles from University of Iowa and did graduate work at University of
Iowa, University of Wisconsin and University of Hawaii earning a BFA
equivalent and an MFA in Printmaking from University of Hawaii. Her prints
have won her awards in state art exhibitions and one was selected for the
Smithsonian Institute Young Printmakers show where it won a purchase award.
In San Francisco she was a juried artist in the William Sawyer Gallery.
After raising two children and doing commercial and commission work for over
20 years, she became involved in public art projects and invitational and
juried exhibits in both Omaha, Nebraska and Summit County, Colorado.
Summit County Women of Watercolor (W.O.W!) led her to her recent exploration
of plein air painting. She is honored to be an “Arts Alive!” Artist.
Sandi believes that artists
learn through looking and creating; and, when things are going well, they
“channel” the energy of the Universe into their creative flow, with their
resulting interpretations helping others (and themselves) to see the world
in new and exciting ways. She wants her watercolors to spontaneously reflect
what she feels about her subject rather than to be realistic reproductions.
Her
goal is to discover something new each time she paints. She rarely drafts with
pencil before she put her brush to paper. The finished picture should energize
the soul as well as entertain the eye.
At home, she surrounds herself with the works of others (other than works in
progress in her studio) because she learns through diversity of others.
New ways of seeing are essential to everyone's development, she believes.
