Ideas, deep compassion and soul excite me. Our complex world can grind us down if we don’t prioritize what matters most to us. Staying connected to beauty, imaginative thinking, and authentic conversation inspires us and fosters resilience. My work now focuses on these central themes. I see my paintings as metaphors that allow the viewer to build their own story.

Although my personal inspiration comes from an idea that I want to consider and explore, the work itself invites others to engage in making it their own. I had this experience standing in front of a Jack Bush painting at the AGO and was hooked for life. In the spring of 2007, my show Inner Landscapes II was inspired from sketches that people did expressing aspects of their own Myers Briggs personality profile. I interpreted their sketches to capture the essence of what they were expressing. The show became theatre as people engaged in animated conversation about the paintings and what they meant from their world stance.

 

Curriculum Vitae

 Sandy McMullen

May to October
Fenelon Falls, ON
November to April
Courtenay BC

C: 705 886 0114
mcmullensandy@gmail.com

Education, Courses and Workshops:

  • 1964 – 1967 University of Western Ontario, Bachelor of Arts, Major English, London Ontario
  • 1974 – 1978 George Brown College, Ceramics
  • 1977 – 1982 Pottery – Ontario Potters’ Association (Fusion)
  • 1988 – 1992 Art Gallery of Ontario – Drawing, Life Drawing, Watercolour, Oil
    • Susan Low-Beer, Barry Coombs, Doug Stratford
  • 1992 – 1993 Scarborough Board of Education Adult Art Summer Program
  • 1992 – 1995 Don Valley Art Club
    • Weekly Life Drawing
    • Workshops- Margaret Roseman, Didi Gadjanski
  • 1992 – 1994 Toronto School of Art – Watercolour
    • Tina Poplawski
  • 1994 – 1997 Haliburton School of The Arts– Fleming College -Drawing, Watercolour, Acrylic
    • Ed Cronk, John Leonard, Lila Lewis Irving, Margaret Roseman, David Wright, John Bennett, Ruth Read
  • Private Studio Sessions
    • 1989 – 2003 David Millar (Drawing, Watercolour)
    • 1991- Susan Low-Beer (Drawing, Watercolour, Clay)
    • 1992 – 1994 Anne McTaggart (Colour Theory, Watercolour)
    • 1994 – 1996 Margaret Roseman (Watercolour)
    • 1996 – 1998 Percy Gardiner (Oil -retired head of Northern Art Dept)
    • 1995 – 2000 Jill Segal (Watercolour)
    • 2007 Dorene Macaulay (Encaustic)
    • 2009 Dave McNiven (Cartooning)
    • 2017- 2018 Corre Alice Studio – Cumberland B.C.
  • Lynn Connell’s Creativity Art Retreat in Dunedin
    • Harold Klunder
    • Casey McGlynn
  • Studio Six
    • Claudia Jean McCabe
    • Lila Irving Lewis
    • Don Cavin
  • Nicholas Wilton
    • Creative Visionary Program
    • Art2Life Academy

 

Group Exhibitions:

  • 1992 – 1995 Don Valley Art Club
  • 1993 Hummingbird Centre
  • 1994 Scarborough Civic Centre
  • 1995 Sunnybrook Hospital
  • 1995 Sherwood Studio
  • 1996 The Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts
  • 1998 The World of Picture Frames Gallery
  • 2002 The Magic Door Gallery (Sunderland )“Rural Reflections”
  • 2004 The Magic Door Gallery (with Arthur Schilling, Bewabon and Travis Schilling)
  • 2008 Loft Gallery (Collingwood)
  • 2007 – 2009 Covent Garden Gallery (Bloomfield)
  • 2006 – 2008 The Grocer’s Gallery (Fenelon Falls)
  • 2008 Kohl Gallery (Toronto)
  • 2008 “Just for Us Originals” The Old Mill Toronto
  • 2008 “Inner Landscapes” Show Psychometrics Canada MBTI Conference Ottawa
  • 2007 – 2009 Funktional Art Gallery (Bloomfield)
  • 2008 Verity Members Show (Queen – Toronto)
  • 2009 The Grange (Prince Edward County – Hillier Estate Winery)
  • 2018 Square Foot Show, Art Alchemy Studios, Courtenay B.C.
  • 2019 Kawartha Gallery, Lindsay Library
  • 2019 “Trees” – Colborne Street Gallery (Fenelon Falls)
  • 2019 Christmas Show – Colborne Street Gallery (Fenelon Falls)

 

Online Galleries

  • 2009 Rothwell Gallery in Ottawa
  • 2009 Mary Martin Gallery in Charleston
  • 2009 Cortile Gallery in Provincetown.
  • Orangefish

 

Fundraising Events

  • Epilepsy Canada
  • Fashion Cares
  • Canadian Cancer Association
  • OCAD Whodunit?

 

Founding Artist

  • Founding Partner “RedEye Studio Gallery” Artscape Building, Historic Distillery District
    • 2003 – 2007 Continuous 5 to 3 member Shows
    • 2005 Solo Show “Inner Landscape I” part of International Coaching Awareness Month
    • 2007 Solo Show “Inner Landscapes II”
  • Founding Member “The Bayview Art Tour”
    • 1999 – 2008 Annual Solo Show of 30 New Paintings

 

Print and Publications

  • Cornerstone 52 Foundation selected her work for their limited edition greeting card programme
  • Author of “Inner Landscapes II: A Visual Guide to the MBTI”
  • Co-Author and Illustrations “Upping the Downside: 64 Strategies for Creating Professional Resilience By Design”   Mike Jay, Lesley Parrott et al
  • Cover art:
    • Imaging Leadership – Mary Stacey and Micheal Jones
    • Artful Leadership:Awakening the Commons of the Imagination – Michael Jones
    • Creating an Imaginative Life – Musician and Leadership Consultant Michael Jones
  • Illustrations “Attention” – by Master Coach Mike Jay
  • “Inner Landscapes” painting images used in Master Reiss Profile training materials by Pontis- Asterion in Belgium
  • “Inner Landscape II” painting images used by Keirsey.com training for Keirsey Temperament Sorter
  • Author Book Signing Event “Inner Landscape II: A Visual Guide to the MBTI” International Coach Federation Conference 2008 Montreal
  • Featured Author “Inner Landscapes II” at “Shambhala Institute” Authentic Leadership in Action at Trent 2008

 

Art in the Workplace
Collage Visioning Workshops,

  • Wellspring (Odette House, Sunnybrook, Oakville)
  • Care for Nurses
  • Ontario College of Pharmacists
  • Canadian Tire (Intact teams and cross-functional teams)
  • Partners in Performance
  • Sara Thompson and Associates
  • Canadian Association of Family Enterprise

Art in Coaching

  • Coach and Artist “Present and Accounted For”
  • Artist in Residence at Context Management Consulting
  • Insight Portraits (Commissioned paintings illustrating a client’s gifts and talents)
  • Leadership Workshops (Leading Full Circle)

     

    Paintings in private collections across Canada and the U.S. and in Europe, Great Britain and Japan.

        • Commission by the Board of Yee Hong Center for Florence Wong YWCA Women of Distinction Award winner
        • LMS Prolink Ltd Insurance
        • Jones Collins Law
        • Rubin Thomlinson LLP
        • CTI Working Environments
        • Envirotech Office Systems

     

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