See and buy more of my art work here!
http://fineartamerica.com/shop/sandy-wager.html
Up and coming Work & Exhibitions 2018
Continual Exhibition of my work from April 2018 at a London Bar called "Gallery 84" in East Molesey, Surrey.
https://www.gallery84bar.com/
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BOOKS
ABNA BOOK RELEASE APRIL 2012
Here is my good news......The Association of British Naive Artists have released their 1st book and I am so proud to be included in it! It is a beautiful hard back book with approx 40 naive artists featured inside it. The book was officially launched and released for sale on Sunday 29th April at the ABNA artist's opening day at Delamore House near Ivybridge.
It was also ABNA's and Delmore's 10th Anniversary.
You are welcome to purchase or reserve the book, £19.50p. though I am not certain of postage charges at the moment. Paypal, cheques or postal orders are accepted. PM me if you would like a signed copy.
See the catalogue in this link/
http://www.delamore-art.co.uk/naive_catalogue.php
ABNA BOOK RELEASE APRIL 2012
Here is my good news......The Association of British Naive Artists have released their 1st book and I am so proud to be included in it! It is a beautiful hard back book with approx 40 naive artists featured inside it. The book was officially launched and released for sale on Sunday 29th April at the ABNA artist's opening day at Delamore House near Ivybridge.
It was also ABNA's and Delmore's 10th Anniversary.
You are welcome to purchase or reserve the book, £19.50p. though I am not certain of postage charges at the moment. Paypal, cheques or postal orders are accepted. PM me if you would like a signed copy.
See the catalogue in this link/
http://www.delamore-art.co.uk/naive_catalogue.php
One of my paintings, 'Chelsea Pensioners' is here on the bottom left side of the back cover.
£19.50p
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MEMBERSHIPS
I am a juried member of the following Associations
The Association of British Naive Artists (ABNA)
British Women Artists
Devon Artists Network (DAN)
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ADMINISTRATION
I run art groups on FaceBook.
I am the founder of Whitleigh Arts, the Facebook link is https://www.facebook.com/groups/760720490622697/
The website link for Whitleigh Arts is http://whitleigharts.weebly.com/#/
For local SW UK Artists:- Plymouth & South West Artists https://www.facebook.com/groups/48971463458/?bookmark_t=group
I have my own FaceBook page dedicated to my work here at Sandy's Art's and Craft's
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AWARDS
The Technicolour Abstract Art Award for
FRUITY TUNES
The Colour, DEEP, DARK, RICH Award for
THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
Award Winner in The Darkness Falls Challenge
HOW MUCH FURTHER DADDY
Award Winner in The Award Tree
ARE WE THERE YET DADDY
Runner-up in The Road Ahead Challenge
LOOKING AHEAD
Sandy Wager, Top artists this week (week 2, 2012) with
"The Stooks At Winkleigh"
Art www.squidoo.com
The Best of Zazzle Weekly showcases some of the best original art, photography and design on zazzle.com.
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PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
Cornerstones Art Centre, Didcot, Oxon, UK - 13th March until 18th April 2010.
Plymouth Argyle Function Suite (Twestival), Plymouth, Devon, UK - 25th March 2010
The New Continental Hotel, Plymouth, Devon, UK - 12th June 2010
The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, UK - 6th November until 19th November 2010
The New Bere Alston Bowling Club & Gallery, Bere Alston, Yelverton, Devon, UK - from 26th November 2010 (Ongoing)
Broadwalk Arts, Broadwalk Shopping Centre, Knowle, Bristol 27th March- 9th April 2011
The Batter Street Studio, Plymouth Arts Centre, Looe Street, Plymouth, Devon. In conjunction with U:1 Artist Collective. Public entry May 10th-13th 2011.
Cornerstone Art Centre, 25, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire from 1st July until 14th August 2011.
The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall. 'Celebrations Exhibition' 9th July until 22nd July 2011
'Washing Line Art' solo exhibition of my work for the BAS7 Fringe every Sunday throughout September and October 2011.
Art & Crafts Community Day, Saint Chad's Church Hall, Whitleigh, Plymouth. Monday 26th March 2012
Delamore House Gallery, Ivybridge, Devon. In conjunction with the Association of British Naive Artists throughout May 2012
Flags On The Shore
A range of artistic mediums on the Westcliff Zig-Zag overlooking Bournemouth beach on May 7th 2012. http://flags-on-the-shore.tumblr.com/page/2
The Noah's Ark, Mousehole, Cornwall. Throughout June 2012.
The Plough Art Centre, Torrington, North Devon. September 2012
Whitleigh Green Christmas Art Market. Plymouth, Devon. December 2012
The Gloss Art Gallery, Exeter, Devon. March - May 2013
Plymouth Council House, Devon. May - July 2013
Portraiture Exhibition, 'Facing the City' at The Art Gallery, 30,Stanley Road, Liverpool. July 2013
The Mariners Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall. August 2013
The Little Picture Gallery, Mousehole, Cornwall. Throughout 2013 until 2016
St Chads Christmas Craft Fair, Whitleigh, Plymouth. 19th November 2013.
Whitleigh Community Primary School, Plymouth. December 13th 2013
Whitleigh Green Community steps mural. July 2014
The Little Picture Gallery in Mousehole from 18th July until 15th August 2015.
The Whitleigh Words Festival (Curator) 21st March until 3rd October 2015
CAN Arts, Plymouth Art College. Guest Speaker. 21st January 2016
The John Rank Gallery, at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts in Chichester Sussex
Monday 18th – Sunday 31st July 2016.
The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall – 6th – 19th August 2016.
The Barreled Up Exhibition & Auction
Studio 102, 102 Vauxhall St, Plymouth PL4 0DD
Monday 22nd August 2016 until Friday 26th August 2016.
Solomon Browne Hall, Duck Street, Mousehole, Cornwall,
Monday 22nd August – Sunday 4th September 2016.
Continual Exhibition of my work from April 2018 at a London Bar called Gallery 84 and is in East Molesey, Surrey. https://www.gallery84bar.com/
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'Ballet Class'....How it happened!
I was reading a poem on FaceBook and enjoyed it so much that I had to paint my version of that poem, Dorothy's Dance Class. I emailed my painting to Sullivan The Poet and was thrilled to find out that Sullivan loved my painting. We are now collaborating on new work for his forthcoming children's works. Updates to follow.
Written by Plymouth Poet Laureate, Michael Sullivan
"And here's another artist - Sandy Wager, one of the South West's leading naivists - who was sufficiently amused by my piece for children 'Dorothy's Dance Class..' that she immortalized it in oils"...
‘Dorothy’s Dance Class..’
Old ‘Potty Dotty’ to her girls,
had one green eye and flame red curls;
The other was of sapphire blue,
a fine but wholly different hue;
For it was made of glass you know,
and squeaked when swivelled to and fro;
Or traversed slower than its mate,
to rest its gaze a trifle late.
A bamboo pole from far Shanghai,
hung loose on brackets four foot high;
And spanned the room from loo to hall,
along a wholly mirrored wall;
Where tap and ballet, modern too,
were pranced and twirled til toes turned blue;
Each jetté, plié, pirouette,
to Dotty’s wheezy old cassette.
But this was Potty Dotty’s world,
where in her mind a stage unfurled;
With lavish sets and twinkling lights,
and Nur’yev in his rudest tights;
Where dancers spun on perfect point,
with not a one rheumatic joint;
Frail dying swans flapped broken wings,
in front of rapt’rous Queens and Kings.
But real life can be so unkind,
for there, outside Dot’s fevered mind;
Against the barre her motley troupe,
with crisps and cups of oxtail soup;
All poke out ribs and saggy tums,
or cranky feet and odd shaped bums;
Reflected in the mirrored wall,
in leotards one size too small.
But at a clap and one small squeak,
while Dot’s odd eye caught up a peek;
In wobbly lines their toes apoint,
and pulling taut each wayward joint;
They as a one struck up their pose,
with nice straight backs and crimpy toes;
Then to the strains of old ‘Tchaicoff’,
on Dot’s command they all set off.
Grand jettés soared as graceful leaps,
then crashed in wriggling, giggling heaps;
Whilst pirouettes made Phoebe sick,
or Zoe’s contact lens unstick;
Hermione danced with two left feet,
Pru couldn’t get her knees to meet;
While Portia had to play the clown,
and pliés made Lil’s tights fall down.
With chorus lines like rugby rucks,
frail graceful swans like dying ducks;
They thundered wildly fro and to,
all pretty much without a clue;
They danced on one another’s feet,
or kicked each other in the seat;
Til Tabatha burst into tears,
to scornful floods of boos and jeers.
Flo’s ballet pump, one size too loose,
flew off into the grapefruit juice;
Which set the jug to roll and rock,
and Flo all hops in just a sock;
Then Abigail just HAD to poo,
which sparked a stampede for the loo;
To leave poor Dot an empty hall,
and grapefruit juice all down the wall.
A silken purse ‘twas all too clear,
she’d never stitch from this pig’s ear;
No prima ballerinas lurked,
however long or hard she worked;
They flopped and flapped and paddled each,
like seals upon a floorboard beach;
Within that mirror sequinned hall,
but ‘Potty Dotty’ loved them all!
© Sullivan the Poet 2012
http://sullivanthepoet.co.uk/ToadstoolsandJam.html
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"And here's another artist - Sandy Wager, one of the South West's leading naivists - who was sufficiently amused by my piece for children 'Dorothy's Dance Class..' that she immortalized it in oils"...
‘Dorothy’s Dance Class..’
Old ‘Potty Dotty’ to her girls,
had one green eye and flame red curls;
The other was of sapphire blue,
a fine but wholly different hue;
For it was made of glass you know,
and squeaked when swivelled to and fro;
Or traversed slower than its mate,
to rest its gaze a trifle late.
A bamboo pole from far Shanghai,
hung loose on brackets four foot high;
And spanned the room from loo to hall,
along a wholly mirrored wall;
Where tap and ballet, modern too,
were pranced and twirled til toes turned blue;
Each jetté, plié, pirouette,
to Dotty’s wheezy old cassette.
But this was Potty Dotty’s world,
where in her mind a stage unfurled;
With lavish sets and twinkling lights,
and Nur’yev in his rudest tights;
Where dancers spun on perfect point,
with not a one rheumatic joint;
Frail dying swans flapped broken wings,
in front of rapt’rous Queens and Kings.
But real life can be so unkind,
for there, outside Dot’s fevered mind;
Against the barre her motley troupe,
with crisps and cups of oxtail soup;
All poke out ribs and saggy tums,
or cranky feet and odd shaped bums;
Reflected in the mirrored wall,
in leotards one size too small.
But at a clap and one small squeak,
while Dot’s odd eye caught up a peek;
In wobbly lines their toes apoint,
and pulling taut each wayward joint;
They as a one struck up their pose,
with nice straight backs and crimpy toes;
Then to the strains of old ‘Tchaicoff’,
on Dot’s command they all set off.
Grand jettés soared as graceful leaps,
then crashed in wriggling, giggling heaps;
Whilst pirouettes made Phoebe sick,
or Zoe’s contact lens unstick;
Hermione danced with two left feet,
Pru couldn’t get her knees to meet;
While Portia had to play the clown,
and pliés made Lil’s tights fall down.
With chorus lines like rugby rucks,
frail graceful swans like dying ducks;
They thundered wildly fro and to,
all pretty much without a clue;
They danced on one another’s feet,
or kicked each other in the seat;
Til Tabatha burst into tears,
to scornful floods of boos and jeers.
Flo’s ballet pump, one size too loose,
flew off into the grapefruit juice;
Which set the jug to roll and rock,
and Flo all hops in just a sock;
Then Abigail just HAD to poo,
which sparked a stampede for the loo;
To leave poor Dot an empty hall,
and grapefruit juice all down the wall.
A silken purse ‘twas all too clear,
she’d never stitch from this pig’s ear;
No prima ballerinas lurked,
however long or hard she worked;
They flopped and flapped and paddled each,
like seals upon a floorboard beach;
Within that mirror sequinned hall,
but ‘Potty Dotty’ loved them all!
© Sullivan the Poet 2012
http://sullivanthepoet.co.uk/ToadstoolsandJam.html
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MEDIA
Vital Sparks (PCC)
March 2015
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/vitalsparks
Here I am, in print, with Plymouth Flameworks.
July 2013
http://flameworksplymouth.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/enjoying-the-sunshine-at-flameworks/
Plymouth artists' work displayed in the Council House
May 2013
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-artists-work-displayed-Council-House/story-19043424-detail/story.html
Council House- Open Art Display
2013
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/artdevelopment/artsprojects/artscouncilhousedisplay.htm
Plymouth artists' work displayed in the Council House
2013
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Plymouth-artists-work-displayed-Council-House/story-19043424-detail/story.html#axzz2U2VUs1oB
British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century
Artists Biographies
2013
http://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/societies/association-british-naive-artists
Sullivan-The man behind the poet.
2013
http://pinterest.com/sullivanthepoet/sullivan-the-man-behind-the-poet/
Delamore Arts
2012
http://www.delamore-art.co.uk/naive_catalogue.php
Tribe, International creative art magazine
2012
http://www.tribemagazine.org/1/post/2012/04/british-naive-artists-at-delamore-arts-and-sculpture-10th-anniversary-show.html
The Guardian
October 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/oct/19/share-your-art-dance-movement
ArtCornwall.org
2011
http://www.artcornwall.org/features/British_Art_Show_Fringe.htm
U:1 Artist Collective at Bristol. Video.
2011
My work is showing in this video but I could not be there in person.
http://vimeo.com/22395129
Samuel Radloff Gallery
2011
http://www.samuelradloffgallery.co.uk/sandy_wager.htm
Vital Sparks (PCC)
March 2015
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/vitalsparks
Here I am, in print, with Plymouth Flameworks.
July 2013
http://flameworksplymouth.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/enjoying-the-sunshine-at-flameworks/
Plymouth artists' work displayed in the Council House
May 2013
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-artists-work-displayed-Council-House/story-19043424-detail/story.html
Council House- Open Art Display
2013
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/artdevelopment/artsprojects/artscouncilhousedisplay.htm
Plymouth artists' work displayed in the Council House
2013
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Plymouth-artists-work-displayed-Council-House/story-19043424-detail/story.html#axzz2U2VUs1oB
British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century
Artists Biographies
2013
http://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/societies/association-british-naive-artists
Sullivan-The man behind the poet.
2013
http://pinterest.com/sullivanthepoet/sullivan-the-man-behind-the-poet/
Delamore Arts
2012
http://www.delamore-art.co.uk/naive_catalogue.php
Tribe, International creative art magazine
2012
http://www.tribemagazine.org/1/post/2012/04/british-naive-artists-at-delamore-arts-and-sculpture-10th-anniversary-show.html
The Guardian
October 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/oct/19/share-your-art-dance-movement
ArtCornwall.org
2011
http://www.artcornwall.org/features/British_Art_Show_Fringe.htm
U:1 Artist Collective at Bristol. Video.
2011
My work is showing in this video but I could not be there in person.
http://vimeo.com/22395129
Samuel Radloff Gallery
2011
http://www.samuelradloffgallery.co.uk/sandy_wager.htm
July 2014
A community project to brighten up Whitleigh Green steps.
See the news report here in the Plymouth Herald at http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Pupils-steps-add-spash-colour/story-22217097-detail/story.html
Sandy Wager 2nd from the right.
A community project to brighten up Whitleigh Green steps.
See the news report here in the Plymouth Herald at http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Pupils-steps-add-spash-colour/story-22217097-detail/story.html
Sandy Wager 2nd from the right.