Sandra Bacon is a classically trained and versatile artist. Residing in the Chicagoland area, she is an accomplished and versatile painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. “Color, sensitivity, and wit… combined with very real draughtsmanship skills, add to her technical expertise”. Her artwork draws upon mythology, and observations of the natural world.
From showing in galleries (Dandelion Gallery, ARC, Avrahm Eisen and Anita Miller Galleries in Chicago as well as in New York, California and Wisconsin), to public artwork shown nationally and internationally, she has been an innovator in the art/environment movement. She has recently been commissioned for artwork for the Peggy Noteabart Nature Museum, the Madison Zoo, L.L.Bean’s “Chairs for Charity”, Crystal City , Va, “Crystal Flight” and “Bucky” as well as her painted, sculptural “Cool Globes” travelling nationally and internationally. Her artwork is in the collections of The Chicago Department of the Environment, the Clinton Climate Initiative Commission, Field Museum and is showing in galleries in Chicago, California and New York.