Sandi Ludescher

I began painting when I was about 13 and sold my seascapes right on the beaches of California. Now, I live near Santa Fe, New Mexico and, sometimes, sell my paintings right off my easel when I paint plen aire along the road. I've lived in Central America and Eastern Europe where I worked as a journalist and photojournalist. But, painting has always been my passion. When I'm not painting, I play harp professionally, much of it for hospice patients. Music has also been a big part of my life since I was a little girl. I play several other instruments to an advanced level. It's influence is evident in my artwork.
For painting, I'm drawn to that nebulous quality of light that the Land of Enchantment is famous for--trying to capture it in paint is like trying to catch a moonbeam.
My life and work is about celebration.

The incredible beauty and variations of the human form also speaks deeply to me; and, as a colorist, I have a special fascination with the phenomena of not using any "flesh" tones but stacking up color to fool the eye into seeing "flesh-color."
My contemporary influences are Phillip Pearlstein, Chuck Close, Lucien Freud, Jerome Witkin, Steve Hanks, Fernando Botero, Jenny Saville and Angus MacPherson.
Many of my pie...

Loara High School, Anaheim, California

University of New Mexico '06 BFA
Painting, Drawing and Printmaking
Art History

New Mexico State Permanent Art Collection Purchase, 2 paintings, 2022
Encantada 2015-2022, Albuquerque
Sandi J Ludescher:Solo Dia de los Muertos, North Fourth Street Art Center, October-December 2021
Solo: Dia de los Muertos, Fuller Art Lodge, Los Alamos, 2022
Women’s Caucus for the arts exhibition, Colorado.
Amy Ringholz Art Award grant recipient, 2020
Art In Resilience, Manhattan Arts International, September-November 2020
North Dakota Art Museum, Art in Isolation, June-August 2020
On the Surface, Attleboro Arts Museum, June 18-July 17, 2020
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, Women’s Work Show, Ghost Wolf Gallery
North Fourth Street Art Center, Albuquerque, September 2021-January 2022
Dia de los Muertos invitational,
In Celebration! Solo Show, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico , Fall 2020
Dias de los Muertos Invitational, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque
Exhibiting Artist, University of New Mexico School of Law Library gallery, March 2020-March 2021
Encantada 2019, NM EXPO, Albuquerque From Our Mountain to Yours, two person show, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alalmos
Albuquerque Peace and Justice League
Women’s Work 2017-2020, Ghost Wolf Gallery, Albuquerque
Not Just the Birds, Santa Fe,
Women's Work 2017, Woo...