SANDRA VICK

Sandra lives near Penicuik and exhibits widely throughout Scotland and beyond. She aims through her paintings to encourage people to look at the wonder within their natural environments, specifically by focusing on birds and their habitat.

"My artistic practice is concerned with researching and observing birds, assembling a sense of them and their habits over the year, then building up an image that gives an essence of the bird without being a full representation. I work with acrylic paints and inks on canvas and paper, as well as using digital printing to produce small artists' books. I use silhouettes to simplify images so I can focus on shape and negative space. For some pieces I'm more concerned with the story behind the bird, for others the importance is an artistic investigation of composition and space".

Sandra has had a varied career, originally studying for a degree in Banking, Insurance and Finance at the University of Bangor before going on to a Postgraduate Diploma at the University of Tromsø in Norway. After various research and lecturing posts she turned to painting in 2000, obtaining a Foundation for Art and Design degree at Leith School of Art, a BA(Hons) in Painting from Edinburgh College of Art and subsequently a Masters in Fine Art (Painting) from the same College. She won several awards whilst at Edinburgh College of Art, including the Andrew Grant Bequest Prize three times, and has since undertaken several projects with local communities, including collaborative art projects with Midlothian Council and the Scottish Seabird Centre and an artist residency at the Beach Hut, Dunbar.

Sandra is a member of the Society of Scottish Artists and exhibits regularly with the Society of Wildlife Artists. Her work can be found at The Dancing Light Gallery, West Linton and ScotlandArt, Glasgow as well as at various art fairs and smaller galleries. 


SANDRA VICK

STARLINGS ON A WIRE

Acrylic on Canvas

40 x 40cm

SANDRA VICK

SANDWICH TERN AND OYSTERCATCHERS

Acrylic on Canvas

40 x 100cm

SANDRA VICK

FOUR LONG TAILED TITS

Acrylic on Canvas

40 x 40cm

SANDRA VICK

REDSHANKS ON THE SHORE

Acrylic on Canvasboard

40 x 60cm

SANDRA VICK

SANDERLINGS

Acrylic on Canvas

40 x 100cm

SANDRA VICK

SISKEN

Acrylic on Canvas

60 x 60cm

SANDRA VICK

SANDERLINGS ON THE SHORE

Acrylic on Canvas

60 x 60cm

SANDRA VICK

LONG TAILED TITS AND SISKEN

Acrylic on Canvas

90 x 90cm

SANDRA VICK

BULLFINCH

Acrylic on Canvas

30 x 30cm (12 x 12in)

SANDRA VICK

DUNLINS ON THE SHORELINE I

Acrylic on Canvas

30.5 x 30.5cm

SANDRA VICK

DUNLINS ON THE SHORELINE II

Acrylic on Canvas

30.5 x 30.5cm

SANDRA VICK

DUNLINS ON THE SHORELINE III

Acrylic on Canvas

30.5 x 30.5cm

SANDRA VICK

DUNLINS ON THE SHORE

Acrylic on Canvas

40 x 40cm

SANDRA VICK

HARE I

Acrylic on Canvas

60 x 60cm

SANDRA VICK

KITTIWAKES I

Acrylic on Board

38 x 51cm

SANDRA VICK

LONG TAILED TITS IN A CLUSTER

Acrylic on Canvas

60 x 60cm

SANDRA VICK

LONG TAILED TITS AT THE FEEDER

Acrylic on Canvas

30 x 30cm (12 x 12in)

SANDRA VICK

LONG TAILED TIT I

Acrylic on Canvasboard

40 x 40cm

SANDRA VICK

LONG TAILED TIT II

Acrylic on Canvasboard

40 x 40cm

SANDRA VICK

WREN

Acrylic on Canvas

30 x 30cm (12 x 12in)

SANDRA VICK

HARE II

Acrylic on Canvas

60 x 60cm

SANDRA VICK

SMALL HARE

Acrylic on Canvas

30.5 x 30.5cm

SANDRA VICK

STARLINGS ON A WIRE II

Acrylic on Canvas

40 x 40cm

SANDRA VICK

LONG TAILED TITS ON A LONG WIRE

Acrylic on Canvas

102 x 41cm