Chapin Library Gallery: Sandra Oliver - October through December 2025
- Sandra Oliver
- Oct 28
- 2 min read
Please join us in congratulating member Sandra Oliver for displaying her art in the Chapin Library Artist Gallery through December 2025. Sandra is an active member of Crooked Creek Art League and has served the league as president, workshop coordinator, and juried show coordinator. She currently serves as publicity coordinator.
Artist Statement
The theme of the display at Chapin Library is "Seasons." All four seasons are represented by paintings. There are three representing Fall, four representing Spring/Summer, and five representing Winter. Four of the Winter paintings represent some of the Christmas cards from original watercolors which I have been painting for the past 14 years.
About the Artwork
Top: Spring/Summer
"Crocus" - watercolor, 11-1/2" x 9-1/2" framed, $70
Row 1: Fall
"Fall Leaves #1" - watercolor, 13" x 15" framed, $70
"Abandoned Barn" - watercolor, 22-1/2" x 18-1/2" framed, $120
"Fall Tree" - acrylic, 11" x 13", $70
Row 2: Spring/Summer
"Dancing Tulips" - watercolor, 13 x 15, framed, $100
"Sailboat #1" - watercolor, 9-1/2" x 11-1/2", framed, $70
"Dinner" - watercolor, 13" x 15", framed, $100
Row 3: Winter
"The Old Mill" - mixed media. 13" x 15" framed, NFS
Row 4: Christmas Cards
"Cardinals in the Snow" "Neighbors" "Happy Holly Day" "Wishful Thinking"
Prints from original watercolors
Artist Bio
Sandra Oliver
North Carolina native and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G), Sandra Oliver has called South Carolina home since 1976. She retired from the South Carolina public schools after teaching business, mathematics, and adult education in Orangeburg and Newberry.
She first developed an interest in art after moving to Newberry, SC, in 1993 when she studied pastel and oil painting for a brief period. Sandra did not resume her art studies until mid-2011, when she began watercolor lessons with Anna Kay Singley. She has also participated in numerous watercolor, acrylic, and drawing workshops. Sandra’s primary medium is watercolor, although she occasionally works in acrylics and mixed media.
She has been juried into the South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Amateur Division, every year since 2011 (Merit Award, Fine Art Amateur award in 2022 for watercolor painting, “Mommie’s Graduation”). She has also exhibited paintings in Crooked Creek Annual Juried Art Exhibition (Post Card Award in 2017 for mixed media painting, “Orchid”), Union County Arts Council Juried Art Show, Still Hopes Exhibit, and Irmo Library Exhibit.
An active member of Crooked Creek Art League since 2014, Sandra has served as president, Juried Art Exhibition co-chair, workshop coordinator, and is currently publicity chair. She is also a member of Newberry Made.
To see more of Sandra's paintings click HERE.
CCAL Gallery Host:
Each month, the Chapin Library Gallery located in the Chapin Public Library at 129 N. W. Columbia Avenue
features a monthly art exhibit by a different featured CCAL artist. The gallery can be viewed during regular Chapin Library hours.
This exhibit space allows for expanded displays with series or mixed multiple pieces by the artist. It hosts a minimum of 6-8 pieces but can accommodate as many as 12 pieces per month. Wall hanging and 3D artwork may be included in this exhibit.
For more on our public galleries, click HERE.
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