"Each subject I choose to paint attracts me in a particular way and the challenge lies in making the painting feel authentic to that. Sometimes I want to capture the grace of a human figure or animal, or the "person" in the portrait. In the landscape I look for the specific light, color and shapes unique to those places. Those elements are created by the roll of the land, or time of day, or the atmosphere that sharpened or softened the colors. My still life paintings are mostly inspired by the harvest of fruit and vegetables grown inb our garden. Being able to watch these subjects grow and mature gives me a connection with them and an anticipation of what I want to convey in painting them.”
Sandra Corpora has a BFA in painting from Kutztown University, receiving the award for top fine arts graduate. She has studied in workshops with Nelson Shanks, TM Nicolas, Kenn Backhaus, Scott Jennings, and John Phillip Osborne. She was creative director at Rodale Press, and is an award-winning home designer. She has also taught art and conducts workshops. Her commissioned work includes portraits, landscapes and still lifes. She resides in historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where she maintains a studio. Her work is in private and public collections in Italy, Canada, and the US. She is represented by Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia. Sandra Corpora received an Award of Excellence in the Oil Painters of America Thirteenth Annual National Juried Exhibition. She was featured in American Artist Magazine as part of a plein air painting event. She has been accepted in many juried shows and has received numerous awards.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / JURIED SHOWS / AWARDS
2009 Finalist Award in August 2009 FineArtViews Contest for "Peonies in a silver pitcher"
2009 Solo Exhibition, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
2009 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2008 American Artists Professional League Eightieth Grand National Exhibition, NYC
2008 Historic Yellow Springs Annual Art Show and Sale
2008 Bethlehem Palette Club Spring Juried Exhibition at Moravian College, (Award)
2008 "The Magic of Light" still life workshop taught in Bethlehem, PA
2007 Solo Exhibition Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia
2006 Peoples First Choice Award, Bethlehem Palette Club All Members Exhibition, City Hall Rotunda
2005 "Moments in Time" Juried exhibition, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, PA
2005 Bethlehem Palette Club Juried Exhibition,
Allentown
Art Museum
, (Award)
2005 “Allentown Impressions: Views of City Parks”
Allentown
Art Museum, Invitational
2004 Oil Painters of
America
Thirteenth Annual National Juried Exhibition,
(Award of Excellence)
2002 “Best Loudoun County Artist” award at Waterford Red Barn Art Exhibit, VA
2002 Artist in Residence, Inn at Spry
Point, PEI, Canada
2002 Gallery 222/Loudoun Academy of the Arts Foundation Juried Show, VA
2002 Historic Yellow Springs Annual Exhibition, PA
2002 Summer New Works Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
2001 Solo exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
2001 “Best Loudoun County Artist” award at Waterford Red Barn Art Exhibit, VA
2001 Featured workshop instructor, Lehigh River Sojourn 2001
2001 Public Commission,
Castel di Lucio, Italy
2000 “Riverscapes: Paintings from Lehigh River Sojourn 2000”, Artist in
Residence
Lehigh
Valley
Wildlands Conservancy,
Emmaus,
PA
2000 Bethlehem Palette Club Juried Exhibition at the
Allentown
Art Museum
, PA
(Award)
2000 “The Amazing Animal Show”, Salon des Amis,
Valley Forge, PA
2000 Phillips Mill 71st Juried Art Exhibition,
New Hope, PA
2000
Kutztown
University
Invitational Alumni Show, Open Space Gallery,
Allentown
2000
Philadelphia
Sketch Club, 137th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings
(Award)
1999 Featured Artist: Artists of the
Lehigh
Valley
,
Lehigh
Valley
Hospital
,
Allentown
1999 Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works, New Arts Program,
Kutztown, PA
1999 Phillips Mill 70th Juried Art Exhibition,
New Hope, PA
1999 Yellow Springs Art Exhibition/Sale, Historic
Yellow Springs, PA
1999 Phillips Mill 70th Juried Art Exhibition,
New Hope, PA
1998 Solo exhibition: “Plein Air Paintings”,
Northampton Community College, PA
1998 Phillips Mill 69th Juried Art Exhibition,
New Hope, PA
1998 Solo exhibition: "Recent Paintings",
Bethlehem City Hall Gallery, PA
1998 Yellow Springs Art Exhibition/ Sale, Historic
Yellow Springs, PA
1997 Featured Muralplatz Artist, Musikfest,
Bethlehem, PA
1997 "River Reflections: Images of the Lehigh in Art",
Sand
Island
,
Bethlehem, PA
1997 Mayfair Regional Art Exhibition,
Allentown, PA
1997 Art Association of Harrisburg, 69th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Harrisburg, PA
1997 Lehigh Art
Alliance
, 62nd Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Mountain Top
Campus,
Lehigh
University
,
Bethlehem, PA
(Award)
1997 The
Philadelphia
Sketch Club, 134th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings,
Philadelphia, PA
1997 "The 3 of Hearts" Juried Group Show,
Artzon
Coop
Art
Gallery
,
Orefield, PA
(Award)
1997
Woodmere
Art Museum
, 57th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA
1997 "The River As Muse" Juried Group Show by the Contemporary Arts Corridor,
at
Williams
Center
for the Arts,
Lafayette
College
,
Easton, PA
1996 The
Baum
School
of Art, 7th Bi-Annual Juried Painting Exhibition,
Allentown, PA
1996 Berks Art Alliance 19th Regional Juried Exhibition at the
Reading
Museum
,
Reading, PA
1996 Tenth Annual Art Exhibition & Sale,
Lehigh
Valley
Hospital
,
Allentown, PA
1996 "Art in the Garden",
Rodale
Institute
Research
Center
,
Kutztown, PA
1996 Binney & Smith Mural Competition for Three Rivers Landing,
Easton, PA
(Finalist and Second Prize)
1996
Woodmere
Art Museum
, 56th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA
1995 Faulty Beagle/Blue Orchid Invitational Fine Art Exhibition,
Mertztown, PA
1995 The Salmagundi Club 18th Annual Non-Member Juried Art Exhibition,
New York, NY
1995 Mayfair Regional Juried Art Exhibition,
Allentown, PA
1995 "Beginnings" Open Juried Exhibition, Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Inc.,
Dublin, PA
1995 Lehigh Art Alliance 60th Annual Fall Juried Exhibition,
Bethlehem
Rotunda, PA
(Award)
1995 "Art in the Garden",
Rodale
Institute
Research
Center
,
Kutztown, PA
1995 Ninth Annual Art Exhibition & Sale,
Lehigh
Valley
Hospital
,
Allentown, PA
(Purchase Award)
1995 Solo exhibition: "Figures & Landscapes", Design Accent Gallery,
Allentown, PA
1994 Lehigh Art Alliance 59th Annual Fall Juried Exhibition,
Allentown
Art Museum
,
Allentown, PA
(Best of Show)
1994 Eighth Annual Juried Art Exhibition & Sale,
Lehigh
Valley
Hospital
,
Allentown, PA
(Purchase Award)
1994
Everhart
Museum
,
Nay
Aug
Park
,
Scranton, PA
1994 39th Hazleton Art League Open Juried Show,
Hazleton, PA
1994 "Visions of the Landscape",
Kutztown, PA
1994 "Art in the Garden",
Rodale
Institute
Research
Center
,
Kutztown, PA
1991 Mayfair Regional Juried Art Exhibition,
Allentown, PA
(Third place award)
PUBLICATIONS
American Artist Magazine, "The River as Muse", July, 2001
Lehigh Valley Magazine, "Sandra Corpora at the Baum School of Art", Sept./Oct. 2009
Plein air painting in Pennsylvania
