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WELCOME TO THE ART EXHIBIT AT CITY HALL!
The Art Exhibit at Chesterfield City Hall brings access and education to art within our community and features two-dimensional artwork, including mixed media, paintings and sculptures from established regional artists. Inside this guide, you will find artist bios and a brief synopsis of the art on display.
City Hall will feature several Art Exhibits throughout the year, showcasing different artists and a variety of art styles. This Art Exhibit will be open Monday through Friday, July through September, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding holidays.
Information about the artists will be available on each piece of artwork, in this guide and at the informational display in the lobby. All details about upcoming Art Exhibits and events are available on the city’s website at https://www.chesterfield.mo.us/art-exhibit-at-city-hall.html for more information.
Chesterfield Parks, Recreation & Arts would like to thank all of our exhibitors, residents, businesses and our staff for their support in our Art program. Please enjoy the Art Exhibit at City Hall!
Sincerely,
SANDY HAYNES
Sandy Haynes was surrounded by art growing up. Her mom was a shoe designer and an illustrator for a local department store, and finished her career doing portraits for the Army Records Center. Both she and her sister became art teachers and drew and painted.
She enjoyed teaching high school Art Foundations, as well as Drawing I and II classes, printmaking, and a multi-media class called Applied Design. After retiring, she became an almost daily painter. Sandy started retirement painting portraits as well as still-life, florals, and plein air landscape and studio work. She enjoys using acrylics for abstract work also. She loves the art making process and enjoys attending plein air events. She has conducted workshops for painting and teaches private oil painting lessons in her home. She also grows many of the flowers for her floral paintings.
SANDY HAYNES’ WORK
TW Dieckmann Director of Chesterfield Parks, Recreation & Arts
Title: Winding Creek
Dimensions: 8” x 10”
Medium: Oil
Price: $285
Title: Alexander’s Iris
Dimensions: 8” x 8”
Medium: Oil
Price: $270
Title: Fields of Goldenrod
Dimensions: 9” x 12 in”
Medium: Oil
Price: $360
MARY DRASTAL
My interest in oil painting partners with my love of nature. Painting plein air is a passion for me. The combination of spending time outdoors in beautiful settings while capturing the essence of a landscape is always a delightful experience. The area where I live, St. Louis County, Missouri, is full of splendid parks, botanical gardens, and nature reserves. There are numerous state parks as well. I’ve made it my goal to paint each and every one. Painting the beauty of the Midwest while recording the sense of light in a scene using oil is one of the most enjoyable aspects of my painting career. Direct observation is very important. Painting on location allows me to observe the nuances of nature. Besides landscape painting, I also work in portraiture and still life. Working from a model is very similar to painting a landscape.
MARY DRASTAL’S WORK
Title: Cedar and Rust
Dimensions: 11” x 14”
Medium: Oil
Price: $495
Title: Late Afternoon on St. Paul Road
Dimensions: 12” x 16”
Medium: Oil
Price: $495
Title: Warmth of Winter
Dimensions: 12” x 9 in”
Medium: Oil
Price: $325
JUDY STROUP
Pure landscape is inspiring to me. The emotional response I feel for the land comes from my early life on a small family farm.
The smell of the field, the sound of a breeze through the grasses, the soft light of an evening or early morning and the images connected to these moments evoke a connection to nature that we often miss in our busy lives.
Just as green space and fresh air are important to our physical wellbeing, I believe the visual beauty of the landscape can soothe our souls. Capturing a sense of place and sharing that essence is the goal I strive for.
Whether working in graphite, watercolor or oil, working on site “plein air” is important to me. It enables me to see and be engaged in a more intimate way to the world around me. I always come away from the experience with indelible memories of that time and place.
Most of my paintings are done on location but sometimes a plein air painting can inspire another work with a different feeling, so I also work in the studio to explore new ideas for expressing my love for the landscape.
JUDY STROUP’S WORK
Title: Spring Whites
Dimensions: 9” x 12”
Medium: Oil
Price: $350
Title: Early November
Dimensions: 8” x 10”
Medium: Oil
Price: $400
Title: Spider Lily
Dimensions: 12” x 12 in”
Medium: Oil
Price: $400