Sandy Meyer works predominately in transparent watercolor with an emphasis on color and how light transforms that color to dramatize even the simplest subject. Her works are in collections across the country, including museums, art centers, and corporations. She has earned signature memberships in Watercolor U.S.A., Honor Society, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America.  Sandy is a native of Quincy, Illinois, and is now living in Coopersville, Michigan.  She is a docent for the Grand Rapids Art Museum and served as director of Gallery Uptown from 2008 to 2010.  Sandy has works in Granite Bank Gallery in Quincy, Illinois and in Gallery Uptown, Grand Haven, Michigan.  Sandy was one of 50 Illinois women artists who participated in the exhibit “Illinois Women Artists: New Millennium”, which started a year of touring at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., before traveling to several venues throughout Illinois in 2000-2001. Her works have been publishedin Watercolor Magazine, Summer 2011, American Artist Magazine, The Artists Magazine and Watercolor Magic. Sandy teaches watercolor and color workshops throughout the Midwest.

Sandy recently received a $1500 cash award for “Light Load” (pictured above) from the 53rd national, competitive exhibition of aqueous media painting, Watercolor USA 2014 at the Springfield Art Museum.

The annual exhibition attracts entries from across the United States. The competition this year received 549 entries by 304 artists from 42 states.

More about Sandy Meyer

Her watercolor techniques have been featured in the following art publications:

Watercolor Magazine-Summer 2011

The Artist’s Magazine, April 2002

Watercolor Magic, winter 1999

American Artist Magazine, March 1996

The Artist’s Magazine, January 1993

Recent Juried Exhibitions (partial listing):

2014 juried exhibition of the Michigan Water Color Society, Greater Flint Arts Council, Flint, MI

2014 West Michigan Area Juried Exhibit, Kalamazoo Museum of Art, Kalamazoo, MI

53rd national, competitive Watercolor USA 2014 Exhibit, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, cash award ($1500)

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

Artists Magazine 2002 Competition, finalist.

Transparent Watercolor Society of America National Exhibitions Watercolor U.S.A. 2000, Springfield (MO) Art Museum, Purchase Award

Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. and several museums throughout IL.

Watercolor West XXVII, Riverside (CA) Art Museum, Watson-Guptill Award

Rocky Mountain National Waterside Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO.

47th Mid-States Art Exhibit, Evansville (IN) Museum of Arts and Science, Purchase Award.

Watercolor Society of Alabama National Exhibit

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Erie, PA.

Realism Today Exhibit, Evansville (IN) Museum of Arts and Science.

Guest Exhibitor-Professional Artists Alliance of Chicago, Palette and Chisel Academy of Art.

National Watercolor Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Arts Center.

Allied Artist of America Annual Exhibition, New York, NY.

Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National Exhibit, Kenan Center Gallery

Louisiana Watercolor Society International Exhibit, New Orleans, LA. – Fourth Place Award