Sandra Archer - Artist

Sandra Archer

As far back as I can remember I have been an artist.  I didn't know that at the time, but now looking back over the years, it is apparent that everything came into my visual path has  molded me into who I am today.  Color, shapes. nature, teachers, mentors ( Mr. Brigham, Mr. Price and Gloria Sacchetti), museums, artists-past and present and an ever-present force that never ceases to drive me to create.  An inherent need to feed my imagination.  And even through the non-productive years when I didn't have the courage to put my imagination on the canvas, I was always thinking about the moment when I would have the courage, make the time, demolish excuses that I wasn't good enough and push myself to the forefront of what was most important to my inner being.  And that was to crash through the self-doubt and put my heart and soul first.  It took many years before I could face myself and take up the challenge. Even now I can spend days, weeks and months thinking about a particular piece that remains unfinished or an idea in my head that has yet to hit the canvas. 

So I continue on this lifelong journey, a still, small voice urging me on to create something of meaning to share with myself and the viewer.  If you, the viewer, can come away with a little piece of me that pleases you in some way, I am grateful.  But more importantly, I have reached a place whereby I'm not afraid anymore to share my work.  It has been a lifelong struggle to let go of self-doubt and fly free.