About the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT> |  <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U> </U></A><A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>___________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>___________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>About the Artist</B></div> <div> <A HREF="sandybeck.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sandy Beck"><U><B>Sandy Beck</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Residence:  Chester, California, USA</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="20" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="418" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BBBBBB" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#BBBBBB > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 441 WIDTH="360"><div> <B>My art history:</B></div> <bR> <div>  I have been raised in Chester since I was a year old. In grade school I won most of the poster contests that they had for the PTA carnivals and did a lot of the drawing for the large bulletin boards. When I was 11 I was accepted into the Art Institute, which is a mail order art course. At the time they told me I was one of the youngest people to be accepted in the course. Didn't do too much with any of it until the 60's when I decided to just start painting. Was using water colors at that time. Then when I found the Acrylic paints I was on cloud nine. Oil paints always gave me a headache. </div> <div> When I paint I do not sketch it out first, I have never been able to work that way. I just start at the top and keep going. I had one art teacher tell me I couldn't work that way, because I wouldn't  get my perspective right, but that is just the way I do it. I wouldn't advise everyone to try it, I guess you just have a good eye for things. </div> <bR> <div> Well I am still alive and kicking in Chester, Ca. and would love to hear from anyone that would like to contact me. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:sandyluvs2read@digitalpath.net " TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sandyluvs2read@digitalpath.net "><U><B>sandyluvs2read@digitalpath.net</B></U></A><A HREF="mailto:sandyluvs2read@digitalpath.net " TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sandyluvs2read@digitalpath.net "><U><B> </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Sandra C. Beck </div> <div> Art Works</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>