DVAA Member since 2021

Sandra Benhaim

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About:

Sandra Benhaim is a Philadelphia based artist working in oil, mixed media, and collages on various surfaces such as canvas, wood panels, and paper. Her expressive and colorful artwork is in public collections such as the PNC Headquarters Tower in Pittsburgh, PA, and is also in private collections from California to Florida to Massachusetts, among others.
Sandra was commissioned to do a large-scale 96”H x 78”W painting on stretched canvas for the new Del Frisco’s Grille restaurant in Center City, Philadelphia, and the artwork was installed in November, 2018.

Artist Statement:

“My paintings and collages are about place, and they take inspiration from landscape, but are not a representation of any specific location. For some time now, many of my images have been purely abstract, expressing in unabashed, exuberant color my enthusiasm for the natural world. I have also begun to investigate collage much more fully, by creating works on paper and other surfaces. My paintings and collages result from a rather intuitive process, and they are built up layer upon layer, with varied colors, expressive strokes of paint, and textured materials. This procedure allows the gradual, but ultimately triumphant, emergence of my art. My artwork welcomes viewers to “enter” these “worlds” by imagination, memory, and reverie.”