Finkenberg Exhibit Coming to Gallery

Upstate Dispatch Gallery & Studio is thrilled to announce a much-awaited exhibition of the work of artist Sandy Finkenberg. Sandy’s gorgeous, dreamy nudes rendered in oil on board, all done at a local figure drawing group, are some of the Catskills’ most coveted pieces.

The figure drawing sessions take place every Wednesday from 4 – 7pm at the Andes Academy of Art throughout summer, and at ArtUp in Margaretville in the winter.

“It is with great excitement that I haul my plein air rig into this warm circle every week. Much is owed to William Duke and Gary Mayer, and to the professional models who further this vital practice. It kindles our spirits in this long-wintered Delaware County”, says Sandy, who is a long-time resident of the Catskills.

The Upstate Dispatch show will run from May 25th – June 22th , 2024. Open from 1pm – 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and by appointment. 

The reception for the artist will be held on May 25th, 2024 from 2pm – 6pm. 

Upstate Dispatch Gallery & Studio, The Commons Building, 2nd Floor, 785 Main Street, Margaretville, NY 12455.

About the artist:

Sandra Finkenberg studied at the Carnegie Mellon School of Art in Pittsburgh and the Art Students League in New York. She has received numerous awards including 2nd place at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (2003), Best of Show Cooperstown Regional (1997), and Best of Show and 2nd Place, UCCA Oneonta (now CANO) (1993 and 1992 respectively). Her egg tempera work was featured in the 2000 edition of American Artist Watercolor Magazine. She has shown in various national juried shows, notably in the Salmagundi Club invitational 2014, Cooperstown National. One person shows in New York State includes the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg, the Walt Meade Gallery in Roxbury, the Erpf Gallery in Arkville, CANO in Oneonta, Bright Hill Word and Image in Treadwell. 

“I am a simple real-life painter with a love of 19th century art. My favored medium of the last 15 years has been oil, specializing in plein air landscape, horses, and people”.