Sandy Gagné was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, spent two decades living in Colorado, and now resides in North Charleston. She discovered her love of art when she enrolled in an upper level college art history class about the northern Renaissance because it happened to fit her schedule. Soon after, an intro-to-art class sealed the deal - she fell for charcoal drawing and oil painting. Life has taken her along a career path outside the art world, but she has rediscovered the joy of creating art during the past few years. She is usually in the middle of taking an art class or workshop, drawing some birds, and experimenting with new mediums and techniques. The subjects of her representational style are primarily animals, natural objects and people. She often works with rich, saturated color in her oil paintings, or uses charcoal to create pieces that focus on form and expression. 

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