Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley is an American artist who has sold her art and painted high end homes from coast to coast. As a professional faux finisher, she has over twenty years of experience understanding and recreating surfaces, painting murals, and combining them into tromp l’oeil. For a decade and a half, she’s applied these skills to gallery shows of paintings which have attracted collectors across the United States – and as far away as Germany.

Sandi has always been consumed by creating, but her first objective is to be as friendly to the Earth as possible. She explores diverse styles in her art, but most of her projects start with recycling. She’s inspired by found and gifted materials, focusing heavily on structures created from used wood and discarded paper – which she can make look like metal and stone.

Sandi’s art explores beauty and extreme color, but her passion for life, for challenge, and for the plight of women has led her to create charged pieces using stark black and white compositions and provocative collage. Another series uses sepia tones to explore issues of challenge with the flavor of alternate times. She revels in the joy of creation, but many of her works incorporate surreal figures and have hidden – or not so hidden – symbolism.

“Animals Are People Too” by Sandi Billingsley Feature Exhibit March 2022

“Animals Are People Too” by Sandi Billingsley Feature Exhibit March 2022

KALEID Gallery is proud to present: “Animals Are People Too” Sandi Billingsley feature exhibit Animals are people too. With people being so serious, aggressive, and divided right now I thought I would like to paint a series that is light-hearted and hopefully a little bit funny. I believe laughter can bring us together. And I believe together we stand. As an artist I love to create Beauty that represents personal beliefs and issues. I live to experiment with technique, style and materials. If I can make you feel something, then I feel like I have succeeded. Opening reception: First Friday, March 4th 5pm–9pm.Part of the South First Fridays ArtWalk SJ. Exhibition dates: March 4–26, 2022 View available works online. Gallery hours: Thursdays–*Fridays 12pm–7pm, Saturdays 12pm–5pm & *First Fridays 5pm–9pm.Free admission. KALEID Gallery320 S. 1st St.SoFA District, downtown San Joseinfo@kaleidgallery.com…

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Beautiful Garbage by Sandi Billingsley

Beautiful Garbage by Sandi Billingsley

from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Birds Eye Echioceras by Sandi Billingsley

Birds Eye Echioceras by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Birds Eye Echioceras Mixed Media from recycled materials, 89″ x 54″ $3,500. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Asian Crested Ibis by Sandi Billingsley

Asian Crested Ibis by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Asian Crested Ibis Mixed Media from recycled materials, 72″ x 51″ $3,500. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Sea Shell by Sandi Billingsley

Sea Shell by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Sea Shell Mixed Media from recycled materials, 14″ x 19″ $400. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Petrified Coral #2 by Sandi Billingsley

Petrified Coral #2 by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Petrified Coral #2 Mixed Media from recycled materials, 49″ x 55″ $2,500. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Marble Wave by Sandi Billingsley

Marble Wave by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Marble Wave Mixed Media from recycled materials, 38″ x 34″ $1,800. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Human Fossils by Sandi Billingsley

Human Fossils by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Human Fossils Mixed Media from recycled materials, 20″ x 20″ $270. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Blindsided by Sandi Billingsley

Blindsided by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Blindsided Mixed Media from recycled materials, 9″ x 10″ $250. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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Love Our Mother by Sandi Billingsley

Love Our Mother by Sandi Billingsley

Sandi Billingsley Love Our Mother Mixed Media from recycled materials, 42″ x 46″ $1,200. from the feature exhibit: Beautiful Garbage, April 1–29, 2016…

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