August in ProvenceA lovely building painted en plein air with soft pastels during a summer trip to the south of France. Pastel by Sondra Albano Size: 16x19 About Sondra Albano My early years in Brooklyn, New York inspired an appreciation for the beauty of late afternoon sunlight on urban objects. Today, I depict animals, nature and man made artifacts to convey a sense of place and to prompt viewers to contemplate the past, our present condition, and our connection to

colorful bouquet

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Ryan's Bale as the sun goes down

because it allows me to create rich

This is a very playful painting where some colors are covering others

This is an ICM (intentional camera movement) image

has non-glare acrylic

At whom is she gazing

This image is printed on archival texture paper

and found-object assemblage

Observing and capturing the beauty of the natural world — looking upward at the sky and trees

I search for hidden meanings beyond the visual world surrounding us