Streamside

“Deep green bend” painted with watercolor and gouache by Sanford Ross Bender so many summers ago
“Streamside” composed with guitars, banjo, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on November 29, 2024

Bogs and fens

“Southern Creek” painted with watercolors by Sanford (Sandy) R. Bender in 1982
“Bogs and fens” composed and performed with guitar, banjo, and concertina by Sanford (Sandy) R. Bender on May 6, 2024

Your thoughtfulness

“Tiny landscape” painted with watercolors by Sanford Ross Bender
“Your thoughtfulness” composed and performed witrh guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on December 16, 2023

Burning village

“Highway village” painted with watercolors by Sanford Ross Bender
“Burning village” music composed and played with banjo, dobro, and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on October 7, 2023.

Missing in rain

“Desert Rain” painted and drawn with water colors, ink, and colored pencils by Sanford Ross Bender.
“Missing in rain” composed, performed, and recorded with banjo, dobro, guitar, glockenspiel, thunder, and rain by Sanford Ross Bender on September 9, 2023.

Simply from the Heart

“Simply from the Heart” composed, performed, and recorded with concertina and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on July 1, 2023
“Farmlands” painted and drawn with watercolors and ink by Sanford Ross Bender

Fairytale kisses

“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

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

Either way it goes

“Either way it goes” improvised on guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on October 7, 2022
“Either way it goes” Woven paper strips painted with watercolors by Sanford Ross Bender

Someone I don’t know

“Someone I don’t know” composed, performed, and recorded by Sanford Ross Bender on January 23, 2022
“Daylilies” painted and drawn with watercolors and ink by Sanford Ross Bender