Sandy Haight Illustration

Spring Exhibit of New Paintings-Baas Gallery

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:51:41 +0000

“Ablaze” Watercolor © 2013 Sandy Haight

I’m so excited to introduce this new series of paintings that have kept me busy this past fall and winter, bringing lots of color into that somber time of year in the northwest. I loved working on these and I hope it shows. It’s a big exhibit for me featuring nine framed paintings all together. I hope you can drop by the reception or during the following month to take a look and celebrate the blooming of spring. Or see them online on my new gallery page.

SPLASH!

Artists Explore Watercolor

May 22nd – June 30th, 2013

Baas Framing Studio & Madison Art Collective

2703 E. Madison

Seattle, WA 98112

Exhibit Opens Wednesday May 22

Reception from 5 – 8 p.m.

“Splash!” features the work of three Seattle area artists who have a distinct and exciting voice in the medium of watercolor.

Sandy Haight depicts flowers from a macro viewpoint, drawing us in with vibrant colors and seductive shapes. These vivid works bring spring’s bounty into the gallery.

Sandy O’Connor has a realistic eye for the beauty of the ocean & forest landscapes. She describes an “emotional connection (to) natural light and deep shadows”, and her work conveys a sense of quiet serenity.

“Back To The Sea” Watercolor © Sandy O’Connor

Claudia Schlosser’s abstract watercolor paintings are intentionally minimal explorations of line and shape. The subtle layers are loosely influenced by geological strata found through out the western desert landscape.

“Jawbone Canyon” Watercolor © Claudia Schlosser

Being Human exhibit opens at artEAST Gallery May 4

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:48:12 +0000

Greetings, Two of my watercolor paintings were accepted into this “Being Human” show in Issaquah opening next weekend at artEAST Gallery. Come to the reception if you can on May 4th from 6-8:00pm to say hi, have some refreshments and see the various selected expressions of Being Human. Scroll down for the announcement.

These paintings come close to my own sense of being human… as a mother portraying my daughter’s engagement romp, and as a grandmother to Kali Love, and watching their new family grow (with healthy foods). I share this with you from San Francisco where I’m celebrating Kali’s 4th birthday! No more stroller shopping. She rides a bike now!

We have a great new show coming up:

Being Human: Perception, Interpretation, Reaction

Curator: Irena Jablonski

co-curator: Myrl Venter

artEAST invites you to our upcoming exhbition, “Being Human: Perception, Interpretation, Reaction”. Not a literal figure show per se, this exhibition looks at humans in context, such as the figure in landscape, humans interacting, contemporary portraiture, all with the figure a primary part of the painting.

Exhibition dates: May 4 – June 16, 2013

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4, 2013 6-8pm

Featured works are from the following artists:

Tracy Boyd Brian Beausoleil Enid Smith Becker

Cheryl Bowman Alisha Dall’Osto Diana Grant

Ekta Gupta Sandy Haight Jennifer Kuhns

David Kurle Pamela Durga Robinson

Janis Smith Jerome Steffen Ruthie V.

Join us in appreciation of our sponsors:

artEAST Art Center 95 Front St. N, Issaquah, WA 98027

425 392-3191 www.arteast.org

artEAST is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization # 20-2462207

Sold!

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:18:27 +0000

Reaching. Watercolor 19" x 14" © Sandy Haight

Celebrating the first sale from my new watercolor flower series, before it made it to the gallery in May. Stay tuned for details of this show featuring my flowers as the dates firm up. Cheers to spring, as the earth flowers, reaching for the light and warmth!

Illustration for Web Site Header

admin — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:15:35 +0000

I Love Learning - Home Care Institute

Lu Post came to the right place when she contacted me to illustrate a header for her institute’s web site which trains home health caregivers. Its an e-learning/computer training course for the home health and hospice industries whose main icon is an apple. She was looking for something colorful and happy. ”I want to convey the following emotions from the image – engagement, happiness, enthusiasm. That’s why we love your illustrations. They all convey these emotions to us.” She referred to several images on my searchable stock page for color schemes that she liked.

With that encouragement, these required elements to fit into the long skinny banner proportions fell right into place:

End-users are female nurses (30-40 years old).
a warm, happy and colorful home setting.
female working on a laptop at a dining room table (instead of a desk) that’s in front of a sunny window with flowers. Preferred flowers: star lilies.
an engaged expression.
a coffee cup that says “I (heart) Learning”.
a hint of medical reference without the subject wearing scrubs or a lab coat.
with an apple as their icon/theme, include one or more apples in the image.
with an office is full of dog lovers (especially Yorkies), incorporate a dog.

Once a sketch was approved, I executed the final image that you see above as a vector drawing to read best on the web. I got all elements squeezed into the designated space and it was received with enthusiasm. With great direction, such as Lu provided, its much easier to deliver great results. Here’s the link as seen on the web with the logo connected to the artwork. http://hcilogin.com.

Head to Toe: Art of the Human Figure

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:56:21 +0000

Join me at this art reception on February 28, next Thursday. The venue has an amazing, delicious dinner buffet with wine and music! I had two watercolor life drawings selected for this big group show.

Artists include: Chloe Allred, Gail Baker, Sarah Banks, Sofya Belinskaya, Lee Berry, Dyan Bone, Ellen Borison, Louise Britton, Lance Carlton, Monique Catino, Tom Cogbill, Mel Curtis, Jini Dellaccio,Jennifer Frohwerk, Rob Garrison, Sandy Haight, Elizabeth Halfacre, Jennifer Hines, Irena Jablonski, Kiraya Kestin, Janice King, David Ko, Jim Kurihara, Larry Larsen, Donna Lough, Annette Lusher, Carol Milne, Naoko Morisawa, Karen Richter, Juliette Ripley-Dunkelberger, Suze Woolf, Curtis Wright.

Here are shots of my entries. The show will be up until June 15.

Come celebrate the figure in art and say hi. To see more of my watercolor and sumi life drawings, visit my fine art web site and my Etsy store.

Valentine’s week

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:57:19 +0000

Giving Heart Illustration by Sandy Haight

During this week of hearts and flowers, love and chocolate, romance and delight, I have a valentine image for you. This illustration was created for a book published by Peter Pauper Press and titled “Friends Make the Best Presents”. It’s a miniature hardbound book with a dangling red ribbon bookmark and charm attached. The book actually shows more Christmas present images than Valentine’s, but this picture has a heart so is fitting for this week. The text accompanying this full (tiny) page illustration is: ”Accept affection with open arms, and give it with an open heart” written by Holly Stevens. I wish I could offer you chocolate affection with my open heart. I hope this eye candy will suffice. Happy Valentine’s week!

Love, Sandy

New Montana License Plate

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:53:05 +0000

Friends of the Wild Swan sponsored license plate

If you drive through Montana, you quickly notice a wide variety of license plates on the vehicles you follow or walk by in parking lots. Any organization in the state can sponsor a license plate to promote and raise funds for their cause giving a new customer over 125 choices at the DMV. Look here at just the available wildlife plates. I was contacted by Steve Kelly, a board member of Friends of the Wild Swan, and Wild Rockies Alliance who, as a gallery owner and artist himself, was in charge of putting together the license plate. I was thrilled that he wanted the subtle elegance of a sumi painting of a bull trout to represent the wilderness and wildlife protections they advocate. After painting dozens of trout, this image was chosen then assigned a blue-grey color.

I enjoyed working on the design as well, following a template with drill holes, tab and alpha-numeric spaces, consulting with the graphic designers in the prison, then watching, by way of Steve, as they enlarged the state name, lightened the trout even more than the 50% requirement and added a borderline over the course of several months. Now, I wish I lived in Montana to see the plate on the road.

Here are some of my other sumi trouts that we considered. All are available for purchase.

Student watercolors-Bellevue College fall 2012

admin — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:01:06 +0000

Enjoy these finished paintings from the students of my Watercolor For Illustration class at Bellevue College this past fall. My recent enthusiasm for flower painting is evident in several of these, all working from their own photos. As first time painters its a challenge to jump into painting large, but the scale and use of photo reference encourages the commitment needed to learn control of the medium and finish a painting on a deadline, as an illustration assignment would require. A finished work of art is the happy result and readiness to tackle illustration or commission assignments. These are all half sheet paintings, about 14″ x 20″ in size. My next class starts January 14 for 8 weeks. It’s a great way to spend the dark days of winter immersed in color. Here’s the work from the fall students and a couple of bonus paintings sent to me from earlier students!

Melissa repeated the class to do the sunset below after her earlier Methow Valley sky painting last winter.

Poorwa took my class in the spring then applied her skills in a Children’s Book illustration class creating this painting. Scroll through my teaching posts to see her spring 2012 painting of the Coliseum.

Anthony was also a student from last winter who sent me his next beautiful mountain landscape. You can see his previous landscape and Melissa’s by scrolling through the teaching posts to winter 2012.

Thanks to all my students for an inspiring year. They are amazing!

Holiday greetings – 2012

admin — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:34:22 +0000

It’s that Retail time of year…Art for Macy’s

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:39:38 +0000

As December marches on and it gets harder to avoid the need to shop for gifts (or materials and ingredients to make gifts), I’m reflecting on some illustrations I did for one of the big retailers, Macy’s. These line art and color images were used for holiday ads. Ho ho ho…