About the Artist

Sandra Kryst grew up in a small midwestern town on the shores of Lake Michigan with a passion for art and wild places. After a career in anthropology, during which she honed her drawing skills and experienced the cultures and geographies of different areas of the US and other countries, she retired to focus on painting. Her love of nature led to an emphasis on landscape art with a particular interest in plein air painting in unpopulated spaces. She has studied with some of the leading plein air artists in the US including Roger Dale Brown, Kathleen Hudson, Lori Putnam, Kathy Odom, Kim Casebeer, Jason Saunders, Bill Fletcher, Marianna McDonald and Robert Sandford.

Sandra works primarily in oils but is also adept with acrylics, gouache and pastel. She works out of her studio at Artists’ Attic in Lexington KY and is a member of the Plein Air Painters of the Bluegrass and the American Impressionist Society. She has exhibited in several galleries and her work is in collections throughout the US.

Inspired by the beauty and magic of the natural world and the play of light, shadow and color, Sandra views painting as a contemplative practice. She says “the act of creating a painting helps me communicate with and experience the world on a much deeper, more intimate, level. It reflects the joy and struggle and the mystery of life.”