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Sanford Ross Bender, Art, Music & Architecture: Art Show at the Northampton Library- Month of March, 2023

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.
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A man of few words

“Portrait of Sandy as a young man” drawn with cray-pas on paper sensitively drawn (and given as a gift to her twin brother) by Leslie M. Bender, professional artist.
” A man of few words” played and recorded with voice and guitars by Sanford (Sandy) Ross Bender around midnight from December 24th to 25th, 2022.

Visit: “Art by Leslie Bender: Paintings, drawings, printmaking, portraits” https://lesliebender.com

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Once I had a sweetheart (roughly interpreted)

Once I had a sweetheart (roughly interpreted) on guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on November 1, 2022

This traditional song of which I only play guitar was most memorably played and sung by Bert Jansch on his record album entitled “Rosemary Lane”. Bert Jansch (since gone from this world) was probably more influencial than many other musicians on my psyche (human mind, soul, and spirit). My improvised version is imperfect and perhaps flawed in its brevity, but nevertheless is expressive of the vulnerability that is revealed in matters of the heart. S.R.B.

“Poinsetta, Holly and Pine” drawn and painted with ink and watercolor by Sandy Ross Bender