Author Archives: sandy yocum

About sandy yocum

I began my career as printmaker, primarily collagraphs, in 1983. My current work is acrylic on canvas featuring boldly colorful paintings that I hope you find dramatic and daring. I use a camera for inspiration, but never copy only interpret what is captured by the camera.

Morning Joe

Posted on February 2, 2016 by sandy yocum

We left early on a Saturday last April to drive down to Cincinnati to see our “fourth son,” Joe. He was diagnosed with thymic carcinoma and we wanted to visit with his family. As we headed out, we saw this … Continue reading →

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View From Above

Posted on November 5, 2015 by sandy yocum

“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.” e.e.Cummings I wanted to create … Continue reading →

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Hometown Beauty

Posted on March 19, 2015 by sandy yocum

The clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober coloring from an eye That hath kept watch o’er man’s mortality. William Wordsworth I was returning home near sunset after a brief rainstorm, when I caught this beautiful … Continue reading →

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Hope From the Heartland

Posted on March 19, 2015 by sandy yocum

Oh! “darkly, deeply, beautiful blue,” As some one somewhere sings about the sky.   Lord Byron “Hope From the Heartland” was inspired from a trip to Amish country in Ohio. I used photographs and created many drawing revisions before starting … Continue reading →

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Wake Up America

Posted on March 28, 2014 by sandy yocum

We often praise the evening clouds,                                                                     … Continue reading →

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Saffron Sunrise

Posted on February 9, 2014 by sandy yocum

“Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.” Mia Kirshner “Saffron Sunrise” is a small acrylic painting, 8 x 8, from the sunrise … Continue reading →

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The Dawn is Clearer

Posted on January 27, 2014 by sandy yocum

“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.” Henry David Thoreau “The Dawn is Clearer” is another acrylic painting from the sunrise series that I am creating. The colors at dawn are often as spectacular as sunsets. … Continue reading →

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The Tints of Morning

Posted on January 27, 2014 by sandy yocum

“The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I  have clutched.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden “The Tints of Morning” is … Continue reading →

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Crimson Sky

Posted on January 6, 2014 by sandy yocum

“A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun; A gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow; Tranquil its spirit seemed and floated slow; Even in its very motion there was rest…” John Wilson “Crimson Sky” is an mixed media acrylic painting … Continue reading →

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The Eye of a Storm

Posted on January 6, 2014 by sandy yocum

“My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.” Kelly Clarkson “The Eye of a Storm” is a mixed media acrylic painting from the “Kiss the Sky” invitational exhibit at Summit Art Space for … Continue reading →

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