Port Townsend Artist Sandra Stowell

All about creating my artwork, artwork in progress, & displaying new artwork.

Category: My Art

  • Soften the Summer Shadows

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    In these three manipulated images I soften the summer shadows. Perhaps I hope to also soften the harsh reality of a pandemic and our dysfunctional government! Sometimes we all need to soften things a bit; we just need to take the edge off. Blunt truth is not always the best way to stay sane, or…

  • Was Once a Lily

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  • My Shadow in My Art

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    Maybe it is due to the lovely summer weather, or the madness of the current politics, or the isolation and oddness of the pandemic, but there is a shadow on my art; I struggle to create new durable art. After all it just piles up in my studio and yard. So I fill my time…

  • Yard Art in a Friend’s Photos

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    A friend and fellow artist, Kathy Panks, visited my yard & photographed my yard art. This is not a time for indoor studio visits, but summer lets us enjoy safely distanced outdoor visits! Kathy has shared her fabulous photos with me, and your can enjoy some of them here: Yard art, by my definition, is…

  • Digital Nonsense

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    Two versions of draft #1 of a “Nonsense” pencil sketch, much modified after scanning! I do love how my digital transforms add color and weight to shaded pencil sketches. The third digital work is based on the scan of draft #2 of this same drawing.

  • Forest Angel Box Drawer

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    This Forest Angel has a hand over her heart in a moonlit forest. Is this forest in jeopardy? It may be dead or dying; can an angel save it? Under the angel, under the forest, we see a display of a few mysterious items. These represent a tiny glimpse of the complex web to be…

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