{"product_id":"the-sandbar-20889","title":"The Sandbar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis watercolour was created in 2026. It has been framed with archival materials, including a double mat. The framed dimensions are 22.5 x 31 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST STATEMENT -\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eThis sandbar near our house is our favourite place to walk every day and quite often there's a heron and a couple of sandpipers. The apple trees and wild roses along the Mahoney’s Beach Road framed the sandbar so perfectly when I decided to paint it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Syperek, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST BIOGRAPHY -\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Syperek, born in England of Polish and English parents and raised in Oshawa, Ontario, moved to Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1971, when she was 20.  Anna graduated with a BFA in painting and printmaking at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1980. After the Art College, Anna settled back in the Antigonish area on the shores of St. Georges Bay with her husband, a film-maker, and together they raised a family of three daughters. Anna taught part time in the Art Department at St. Francis Xavier University where she also set up a community print making workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnna’s work is in the collection of the Canada Council and Nova Scotia Art Banks and numerous public and private collections across Canada, the United States, and Europe. She has received grants from the Canada Council, Nova Scotia Arts Council, and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Anna belongs to the Nova Scotia Printmakers Association, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, and the Society of Antigonish Printmakers. She is the former president of the Nova Scotia Printmakers Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnna has appeared in numerous solo and group shows throughout the Maritimes and the rest of Canada.  In 2005, a large exhibition of her work entitled “Old New Scotland” travelled to four galleries in Scotland, courtesy of the Highland Council of Scotland. More recently, she has twice been selected for the Kingston Prize, a bi-annual national portrait competition shown in The Royal Ontario Museum and the Firehall Theatre Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Syperek","offers":[{"title":"14 x 21 in.","offer_id":44442952302679,"sku":"20889","price":2400.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0078\/5937\/2083\/files\/20889.jpg?v=1791818270","url":"https:\/\/gallery78.com\/products\/the-sandbar-20889","provider":"Gallery 78","version":"1.0","type":"link"}