Sandy Newell

Education
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design and Illustration, 1981

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Master of Business Administration, Marketing, 1987

Selected Exhibitions
 “Animal Kingdoms”, 2 person juried show at Olney Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2024
 “Water Marks”, Tall Grass Art Association featuring 5 watercolor artists, 2022
 Arizona Watercolor Association, juried entrant 2024, 2022, 2021
 Phoenix Airport Museum Juried Arizona Watercolor Association Exhibition 2021
 Phoenix Rotary Club 100, “Take Flight”, Butterfly 2024
 Shemer Art Center Juried Exhibitions: Inside Perspectives, Big Small, Birds, Bugs
and Botanicals 2023
 46th Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition, Utah, 2021
 Arizona Aqueous XXXV Exhibition, Tubac Center of the Arts, 2024, 2023, 2021
 "Best and Brightest" Juried Fine Art Show, 2023, 2020 and 2021 juried entrant
Scottsdale Artists' School
 Became a Juried Artist in the Tall Grass Arts Association, 2017, Park Forest, IL
 Portrait Artists of Arizona 2020, 2017, Juried International Exhibition
 “Animal Kingdom” Solo Exhibition 2017, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos
Hills, IL
 Moraine Valley Juried Exhibition for Community Artists, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2011,
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
 “Animal Kingdom” Solo Exhibition 2016, Orland Park Library, Orland Park, IL
 Illinois Watercolor Society, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 Juried
National Exhibition,
 Frankfort Fine Arts Fair, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013 Exhibitor
 Houston Watercolor Society Juried International Exhibition, 2015, Houston, TX

 “Real People” 2018, 2016, 2015, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Old Court House Art
Center, Woodstock, IL
 Society of Watercolor Artists International Water Media Juried Exhibit, 2014,
Dallas, TX
 Catholic Charities Gala of the Arts Juried Exhibit, 2016, 2014, Chicago, IL
 “Women’s Work” 2014, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Old Court House Art Center,
Woodstock, IL
 “Pouring Paint” Solo Exhibit, 2012, Monkey Mind Gallery, Frankfort, IL
 Illinois Watercolor Society, 2012 and 2010 Juried “Small Waters” Exhibition
 Donated several paintings to charitable organizations for auction including
Catholic Charites, Rotary Club, Cancer Support Center and Suburban Service
League in Chicago and Phoenix areas
Awards
 Award of Distinction, Arizona Watercolor Association Membership Exhibition,
2021,
 Best in Show, Illinois Watercolor Society Member Show, 2018
 Honorable Mention “Real People” 2018, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Old Court House
Art Center, Woodstock, IL
 Honorable Mention "Best and Brightest" 2018 Juried Fine Art Show Scottsdale Art
School
 Honorable Mention, 2016, 2014, 2011 Illinois Watercolor Society Member Show
Signature member status in 2014, First recipient of the Robert Kwas Memorial
Award in 2013
 Illinois Watercolor Society, 2010 Member’s Show, Osio-Brown award
Related Professional Experience
Represented by The Finer Arts Gallery, Cave Creek, AZ, 2023 – present
Represented by On the Edge Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 2021 – 2024
Grand Prairie Elementary School, Frankfort, IL, Art Teacher, 2003 – 2010
Sandy Newell Design, Chicago, IL, Principal Art Director and Ddesigner, 1990 – 2005

Press
Featured Artist, Starlight Scribe, October 2024
Featured Artist, Tall Grass Art Association, September 2017
Yes! Magazine, September 2014