SANDY ISELI

Marina Abramovic mused: “The world doesn’t need an artist who shows reality as it is.” Inspired by this philosophy, Sandy Iseli’s masterful abstract landscape oeuvre illustrates her expressive response to the environment. Through adroit painterly skills, Sandy Iseli renders a visceral reinterpretation of the environment, a new dress for Mother Nature to wear. Infused with the serene beauty of nature, Sandy Iseli creates paintings which serve as windows into her innermost world of emotions. Finding inspiration from the natural terrain, she imbues her canvases with a dynamic energy, layering pigments to create a rich tapestry of hues and textures.

 Color and light intermingle to create a fantasy that reflects the reality and unreality of it all, something that is idealized and yet still rings true to the actual world. Sandy Iseli states: “My inspiration comes from nature: grasses, trees, flowers, water, sky and earth are seen in my paintings. I love bright colors and paint with acrylics and mixed media/oils on canvas. My wish is to raise the awareness of the viewers with my paintings so that they can really see and feel and celebrate the endless beauty of nature and use this awareness to help save our environment.”

Intuitively reflecting on the expressive color and design of nature, Sandy Iseli transcends the limitations of the everyday with expressionist dioramas which juxtapose serene natural settings with the dynamism of tactility and color. Exemplifying a complete understanding of her inspiration of the world, Sandy Iseli’s rich tapestry of colors, shapes and textures visually map out her pictorial responses to the universe. A visual counterpoint to her landscape oeuvre, her painterly techniques encapsulate the atmosphere and aesthetics of the lush terrain. Drawing from the artistic language of the Impressionists and Expressionists, the artist paints the ways in which light affects form. The resulting compositions emblematize a transient moment in nature as she conjures feelings and experiences of being at one with the natural terrain.

Re-calibrating a unique response to the pictorial universe and the vast expanses of the rhythm of nature, Sandy Iseli skillfully brings the vibrancy of her landscapes to life with a dynamic visual force. Painted with panache and an acute passion for color, she employs generous spectral hues which are boldly expressive, resulting in an exuberant and tactile surface. The imprimatur tones of her colors burst forth from the canvas with an explosive and effervescent charm and this fluid choreography of painterly gestures and hues becomes the catalyst which empowers her canvases to become excitingly alive. Through contrasting colors, she imparts the essence of amorphous nature as she synthesizes singular, meaningful moments that define her individual impression of the world.

Imbued with a luminous sense of transcendence, the world is re-envisioned with fresh eyes, Sandy Iseli’s virtuosic masterpieces manifest the eternal and visceral. Saturated with color, light, form and texture, she offers a rich sensory tableau that illuminates the emotional intensities of nature. With a spectacular electric vigor, this passionate dialogue begins with a fluid, tactile visceral experience and ends with a syncopated commemoration of the natural world. Sandy grew up in Nevada and resides in Switzerland since many years. Participating in a lifetime of immersion in the arts, she has embarked on a global painting career which has catapulted her into a meaningful international position in the contemporary art arena. She has enjoyed numerous successful exhibitions throughout the U.S. and Europe and is showcased in prestigious collections both in the U.S. and abroad.

Art Review and Press Release December 2024

Ruthie Tucker, MA, Executive Director & Curator, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, NYC, New York