Sandie Welch

Sandie Welch is an artist with great capacity to reach out to others and communicate, through the medium of art.
Her work explores surface and subconscious, her interest in psychology and expression is apparent, she is a qualified counselor dealing with issues of self esteem and personal development.

Her artistic accomplishments are manifold; she has exhibited her work since 1992 throughout the U.K. - appearing on "The Wrap" Show twice and Brighton Arts Festival Live Art Show , 1998. She has given several interviews for BBC and HTV television and radio.

Sandie created her own designs of bags, jewellry and quilts for Harrods, Selfridges and Heals from 1969.

Workshops and courses for children and adults are given to the exploration of the language of symbols, abstract conceptions, dreams and imagery from the subconscious. Her interest in self awareness, healing and meditation inform her ability to aid and develop inherent qualities in others. Her two day workshops can be located in several places, both in England and Wales, Ireland, Jersey and London.
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Awards
Winner:People's Choice Award.Glyn Vivian Art Gallery, Selected Summer Open- 1999
Runner Up: People's Choice Award at the Glyn Vivian Art Gallery, Selected Summer Open-2000

Sandie Welch moved to Wales in 1974 from London and now lives at Swansea.

"For as long as I can remember my artistic vision has been stirred and inspired by romantic dreams and notions of colourful, mysterious ancient cultures

The idea of integrating old objects into contemporary pieces of art work stimulates my imagination. The natural wear, tear. breakdown and faded gradeur of all materials have for me, an inherent beauty. I am particularly drawn to old chains, jewelry and fabrics, which I carefully select for their worn and weathered qualities. The idea of objects having had a previous history of their own, strongly appeals to me

I grew up in an artistic and somewhat eccentric family. Art in all its forms was enjoyed and poitively encouraged from an early age and I developed a fascination and love of colour, texture, shiny objects and my own unfettered imagination

I have attended many courses and workshops in both art and psychotherapy, and soon became extremely interested in studying the link between the two disciplines. This is an area I have developed over many years. I enjoy sharing my own inner world of dreams and fantasies by giving them form through the medium of creative art

Creative art and psychotherapy have played an integral part in my adult life. I have always been fascinated by the rich inner language of symbols, abstract conceptions, dreams and imagery from the subconscious. Developing such imagery by giving it form seems, to me, to be the beginning of a healing process."

Homepage: http://www.sandiewelch.co.uk/