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Hosta Hoofin' 24" x 24" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas. This painting is my version of many a gardener's favorite shrub, hostas. After observing many varied shapes of graceful hosta leaves, I composed an imaginary grouping of them, as I did in this painting's companion, Hosta Hoofers. I had fun just letting go and playing up a lively movement with the textured, animated brushstrokes is the background and the colors in the highlights and shadows. These hostas are dancing, hoofin' it, on canvas.

Sandi developed a "do-it-yourself" attitude during her teens when she couldn't afford luxuries. She fabricated her wardrobe and then her home decor after she married. Mesmerized by PBS TV art demo shows, Sandi painted some of her hand-fashioned garments. When the couple purchased new furniture, wall art was not in their budget. Recalling the PBS art shows and her fabric painting, Sandi passionately plunged into oil painting, learning by trial and error. Sandi's self-guided art experiments blossomed with four years of instruction from a talented community college art instructor, Bonnie Hill, of Roseburg, OR. After Bonnie left that position, she persuaded Sandi to instruct the class. Sandi instructed art at Umpqua College from 1997 to...