WHERE I’VE BEEN // WHERE I’M GOING

Aerial Landscape — Watercolor, Gouache, and Colored Pencil Paintings

11x14 watercolor- Rome commission (Copy)

11x14 watercolor- Rome commission

Topographic map of my world (Copy)

Topographic map of my world

15x22" watercolor, gouache and pastel pencil on archival paper

Arteries (Copy)

Arteries

22x30” watercolor and ink on archival paper

19th Ar. Paris, France (Copy)

19th Ar. Paris, France

18x24 sold, private collection

There you are! (Copy)

There you are!

14x18” Acrylic on canvas Framed $750

Toledo, Spain (Copy)

Toledo, Spain

48x37" Watercolor, gouache and pastel pencil on archival paper Framed

Brooklyn, N.Y. Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket (Copy)

Brooklyn, N.Y. Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket

11x18.5" framed watercolor

From point to point (Copy)

From point to point

18x24" Watercolor and Gouache on archival paper

Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge (Copy)

Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge

7x15" watercolor on archival paper, framed

Zurich, Switzerland (Copy)

Zurich, Switzerland

22x30” watercolor, gouache and colored pencil

Private collection

Where are you? (Copy)

Where are you?

14x18” Acrylic on canvas Framed $750

The road will take me there (Copy)

The road will take me there

8.5x11" Watercolor, Gouache on handmade paper

New York, N.Y. Central Park (Copy)

New York, N.Y. Central Park

11x14" watercolor, framed

Where I’m going, where I’ve been (Copy)

Where I’m going, where I’ve been

44x60" watercolor, gouache and pastel pencil on archival paper

Take the path (Copy)

Take the path

18x24" watercolor and gouache on archival paper

Glass Houses (Copy)

Glass Houses

15x22 watercolor and colored pencil

There is no map for where I'm going (Copy)

There is no map for where I'm going

8.5x11" watercolor

Somewhere in this city (Copy)

Somewhere in this city

15x22" watercolor and Gouache on archival paper

Root Systems (Copy)

Root Systems

44x60" watercolor, Gouache and Pastel on archival paper

Crafters, S.A. Australia - Mt. Lofty Botanical Gardens (Copy)

Crafters, S.A. Australia - Mt. Lofty Botanical Gardens

48x60” Watercolor, Gouache, Pastel pencil on archival paper Unframed $4,800

Canary Islands, Spain (Copy)

Canary Islands, Spain

22X30" Watercolor on archival paper

Rome, Italy (Copy)

Rome, Italy

24x24" framed Private collection

Paris, France - Palais Garnier (Copy)

Paris, France - Palais Garnier

9x12" watercolor and gouache on archival paper

Willamette Valley, Oregon (Copy)

Willamette Valley, Oregon

18x24" Watercolor and gouache on archival paper

Crafters, S.A., Australia Mount Lofty Botanical Garden #1 (Copy)

Crafters, S.A., Australia Mount Lofty Botanical Garden #1

48x60" Watercolor and Gouache on archival paper

I’ll leave the light on (Copy)

I’ll leave the light on

22x30" watercolor and ink on archival paper

Tulsa, Oklahoma Farmland (Copy)

Tulsa, Oklahoma Farmland

The night garden (Copy)

The night garden

11x14" Watercolor on archival paper

Botanical dyptich for size (Copy)

Botanical dyptich for size

48” x 60”

St. Paul's cathedral, London (Copy)

St. Paul's cathedral, London

11x14" watercolor and gouache on archival paper

From Toledo to Porto (Copy)

From Toledo to Porto

36x84" Watercolor and pastel on archival paper

Private Collection

Everywhere I've ever lived (Copy)

Everywhere I've ever lived

4 Part painting can be sold individually 11x30"(2) 22x30"(2) Acrylic paint on archival paper

Yellow trees (Copy)

Yellow trees

48x48" Acrylic on canvas

Tel Aviv, Israel Dizengoff Square (Copy)

Tel Aviv, Israel Dizengoff Square

11x14 watercolor and gouache on archival paper

Home and Identity are often intertwined. For me, home was concrete and fixed for many years. Raising children and becoming a part of my community created a persona that I wholly embraced.

As my children have taken flight, so have I; Yet, not with the same sense of permanence. With freedoms I haven’t experienced in decades and the confinement of the pandemic behind me, I’ve been exploring these ideas of home and identity in new and unexpected ways.

This series follows this journey towards what’s next. The larger issue is that “what’s next” is still ambiguous. The aerial perspective highlights the enormity of the world, its cities, countrysides, gardens, and homes. Detailing that my choices for the singular idea of a place to land is enmeshed with the roots I’ve established already and the tether they still hold over my ability to make the next big choice.

WHERE I’VE BEEN // WHERE I’M GOING

Sandra Charlap

sandracharlapart@gmail.com