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
“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
“I can count on my cat” played and recorded with guitar, dobro, and glockenspiel by Sandy Ross Bender on November 13, 2022“Cat stepping down” drawn with coored pencil on paper by Sandy Ross Bender “Companion” drawn with colored pencil in sketchbook by Sandy Ross Bender
“Wandering mind blues” played on guitar by Sandy Ross Bender on November 7, 2022“Snapping turtles” drawn with charcoal on paper by Sandy Ross Bender in 2019.
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
“How bees choose flowers” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar and dobro by Sanford Ross Bender on October 18, 2022“Bumblebee” drawn with colored pencils by Sanford Ross Bender on October 18, 2022
