Sandy Haight

Sandy has been focused on painting the inner landscape of flowers for the last few years. She calls these works Floralscapes. They evolved during a transition from a career as a commercial illustrator to a discovery of herself as an artist. Teaching watercolor to students at Bellevue College helped redirect her focus as she explored various subjects and techniques of representational watercolor. She realized that immersing into the shapes, designs and patterns inside flowers and plant life was the subject that awakened her love of painting and gave her a chance to create a series of images of stunning beauty. Building layers of intense colors helped brighten the way through the dark and gray of northwest winters. Showing her paintings in the Northwest Watercolor Society’s juried shows qualified her to become a signature member in 2012. The initials NWWS now follow her signature on the Floralscape paintings and she's receiving multiple awards in the NWWS shows. Recently she was juried into the group Women Painters of Washington where she received a 1st place award in her first juried group show!

A little art background… After earning a BFA in drawing and painting at the University of Colorado, establishing a career as an illustrat...

1971 BFA University of Colorado in drawing, painting and design.
1974-81 Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA. Various fine arts classes, part - time.
1982-83 North Shores Community College, San Diego, CA. Commercial Illustration class.
1883 UCSD Extension, La Jolla, CA. Illustrating Books for Children.
1983-84 Mira Costa College, Del Mar, CA. Life Drawing.
1986-87 School of Visual Concepts, Seattle, WA. 5 illustration and watercolor classes.
1991 Mendocino Art Center, Watercolor workshop. Kristin Otwell. Mendocino, CA.
1999 Seattle Central Community College, computer classes
2001 Watercolor workshop – Barbara Nechis, Acapulco, MX
2007-13 Kirkland Arts Center-sumie painting classes with Lois Yoshida
2010 Watercolor workshop with Charles Reid
2010 Bellevue College - Chinese Sumi painting with Yuming Zhu

TEACHING
1990-1997 University Preparatory Academy. 1 week watercolor workshops annually, grades 6-12
1999 Guest lecturer - Illustration classes Cornish College
2000-07 Guest lecturer Seattle Central Community College illustration classes
2013-2014 Bellevue Community College – 5 week Illustration Communication po...

March - June, 2025 - Women Painters of WA juried show.
Feb - July 15, 2025 - Signature Members of Northwest Watercolor Society show at Seattle Convention Center. Award of Special Recognition for "Inner Sanctum".
August 23 - September 29, 2024 - Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA.  "Northwest Expressions" juried show.  Jurors: Richard J. Watson & Jesse J. Watson.

July 28- August 31, 2024 - Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA. "Confluence".  Women Painters of WA juried show.  Juror: Susan Steinhaus Kimmel.

Jan 13- Feb 23, 2024  CVG Show.  WA State Juried Art Competition.  Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA.  Group Show.  Juror: Greg Robinson.

Aug 5- Oct 21, 2023 - Cordata Gallery, Bellingham, WA.  "Fresh Perspectives" group show. 1st place AWARD!

June 30-Sept 10, 2023 - BIMA Spotlight.  Bainbridge Island, WA.  Regional juried show.  Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

April 7 – 28, 2023 – Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA. From Darkness Blooms! New Work! Group show.

Jan 13-Feb 24, 2023 – CVG Show. WA State Juried Art Competition. Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA. Group Show.

Oct 7 – 30, 2022 – Fresh Talent show at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA. Juried show. Juror: Greg Robinson.

July 9-Au...