Sandra Harris

Sandra was born in North Vancouver, in 1983. She received her Bachelor Of Fine Arts Degree With Distinction from the University of Victoria in 2007. Currently, she lives and works in North Vancouver, Canada. Her painting subject matter deals primarily with western Canada’s wild landscapes created with acrylic paints on canvas.

Sandra paints from photographs that she has collected herself of scenes that she has physically been in and experienced. Thus, her paintings convey a sense of authenticity. And the viewer can feel it for themselves in the energy, the colour, and the movement to be found in each of her paintings.

As a painter Sandra is largely influenced by the works of Tom Thomson and Emily Carr, as well as the Group of Seven. Her strength in art and the skill set required to create it is thanks in a large part to her initial interest in drawing, which she accredits to the uncountable hours spent replicating the comic book illustrations of Roger Cruz in her adolescence.