I am an architect with extensive experience in government, judicial, health care, educational, and scientific research facility projects. My responsibilities have included design, client relations, presentation, writing, research, consultant coordination, code compliance, LEED certification review, contract documentation, project delivery and construction administration. Presently, I am pursuing certification in the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program and studying ecological engineering. Besides practicing architecture, I also continue to passionately follow my fine arts background in drawing, painting, writing, and music.
“Two goats” drawn in sketchbook with colored pencil by Sanford R. Bender on April 2, 2023“Who were left?” composed, performed, and recorded by Sanford R. Bender with guitar, mandolin, banjo, and concertina on March 31, 2023
“Upstream” photographed by Sanford R, Bender in Tyler Park, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2023.“Lost Money” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar, banjo, concertina, and crash cymbal by Sanford R. Bender on March 27 & 28, 2023
“Children’s Zoo trip” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on March 21, 2023“Ostriches and Elephants” drawn with colored pencil in sketchbook by Sanford Ross Bender
“Brass and Percussion Band” drawn in sketchbook by Sanford Ross Bender in 2009.“Dancing tears” improvised and recorded with guitar, glockenspiel, concertina, and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on March 9 & 11, 2023.
“Oh” composed, performed, and recorded with concertina, banjo, dobro, glockenspiel, and cymbal by Sanford R. Bender on February 25, 2023“Karst Mountains” drawn from a boat on the Li River with pen and ink by Sanford R, Bender in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China in 2009.
I am excited to announce that I will be having my artwork displayed at the Northampton Library for the full month of March, 2023. Art has been my life passion, despite having had launched a second (perhaps more practical) profession in architecture, and while also having become fascinated by musical composition as an essential mode of creative and therapeutic expression. My committment to a life-sustaining ecology pervades my “sketchbook” approach to draw from the natural evironment in a manner practiced by artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Albrecht Durer, Antonio di Pucci (Pisanello), and Rembrandt Van Rijn. SRB
The Northampton Library is located at 23 Upper Holland Road, Richboro Pennsylvania 18954 in Bucks County. The library telephone contact number is 215-357-3050. The exhibit may be visited when the library is open Monday through Thursday: 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Friday and Saturday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM; Sunday: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
“Snapping turtle” drawn with mixed media from a sketch by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023.“Cone shells” drawn with colored pencil by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023.“Owls” drawn with mixed media from a sketches by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023“Karst mountain landscape” drawn in mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023 from a drawing sketched in 2029 ofrom a boat on the Li River in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China .Two Conch Shells” drawn with colored pencil on paper by Sanford Bender in 2015.“Half asleep cat” drawn with mixed media from a sketch by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023 “White Conch shell” drawn with colored pencil on paper by Sanford Ross Bender in 2015. “Red Wolf” drawn in mixed media in 2023 from a 2019 sketch by Sanford Ross Bender.“Great Horned Owl” drawn in mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender on 2023 with reference to a 2019 sketch.“Conch shell in lavender and ochre” drawn with colored pencil on paper by Sanford Ross Bender in 2015. “Lobster” drawn with Mixed Media by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023 with reference to earlier crustacean drawings.“Roosters” drawn with mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023 with reference to prior sketches .“Cuttlefish: drawn with mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023 with reference to earlier art work.“Dutch ship at sea” drawn with mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender from a 2019 sketch of the oil painting byentitled “Ships in a stormy sea off a coast” by Ludolph Backhoysen, Dutch Artis ( 1700-1705) exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art.“Two lions” drawn with mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender in 2023 from 2020 sketches Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa
Note: These drawings artworks are scheduled to be on exhibit at the Northampton Library in Bucks County, pennsylvania for the month March, 2023. SRB
Music for viewing art: “May I have this dance?” composed, performed, and recorded with concertina, banjo, and dobro by Sanford Ross Bender on July 26, 2022.Music for viewing art: “Just me without movies” composed and performed with two guitars by Sanford Ross Bender on December 8, 2022.
“Quiet, please!” drawn with colored pencil in sketchbook while living in St. Augustine, Florida in 2017 by Sanford Ross Bender “Quiet, please! composed, performed, and recorded with guitar, concertina, dobro, and cymbal by Sanford R. Bender on January 26, 2023
Constellation” drawn with color pastels on textured paper by Sanford Ross Bender on January 1, 2023“Farewell British Rock Gods” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar, concertina, snare drum, and crash cymbal by Sanford R. Bender on January 15 & 16, 2023
“Fairytale kisses” painted with watercolors by Sanford Ross Bender once upon a time“Fairytale” improvised with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on January 6, 2023
“Fairytales are so described by those who may not have believed what they saw, smelled, tasted, touched, and heard.” SRB
