Bio
Sandra Franke BArch BES OAA
Urban Ephemera Sequence
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I am presently exploring a series of paintings called Urban Ephemera Sequence. These paintings contemplate the resonance of a city sitting by a Great Lake: immersed streets, vapourous air, hidden underworlds, revelations of inner urban spaces and anthropomorphic towers standing guard like sentries of the heart. The body of the City is meditated upon like the artist’s model, revealing the soul beneath.
Are these echoes of a lost paradise, of a flooded utopia or perhaps of an imagined future? From the mist of the vanished city an Other City materializes. Seasons, weather, and time enter the picture fame, leaving traces at various points. Light, especially that illusive internal light, expresses the ephemera of form. This is the found landscape of the created world, tamed by the heart, a synthesis of peace. Shrouded in forgotten memories Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Sandra Franke is an architect, trained in the province of Ontario. Sandra is an artist, mother, volunteer and an active member of the Bloor West Village community in Toronto, Ontario. Married with two children who attend local schools, Sandra graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in 1984. From 1986 to 1993, Sandra persued part time studies in Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art (OCAD). Sandra has worked both as an architect and taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Waterloo’s Schools of Architecture. Locally, Sandra has collaborated in establishing the Runnymede Public School Hillside Garden with the construction of the north entry and amphitheatre. Since the year 2000 she has also been an active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and with Runnymede Chronic Care Hospital’s Activity Therapy. |
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