I return often to Italy, drawn by both its rich history and the opportunity to refine my practice in egg tempera, as described in Cennini’s Il Libro dell’Arte - the first “how-to” art book published in the late 1400s. My work blends the old with the new, combining realism with 15th-century aesthetics. I’m driven by a deep love of challenges, a commitment to excellence, and an enduring passion for the Renaissance. I find joy in the traditional craftsmanship involved in every stage of the process—from preparing ancient recipes to executing time-honored egg tempera and gilding practices. My portraits and still lifes, intimate in both scale and focus, reflect what matters to me. Each subject presents a “beautiful challenge,” offering an opportunity to study, interpret, and preserve. I delight in capturing the subtle nuances that bring an object to life, revealing the inner essence of an individual, and striving to achieve the luminous quality that egg tempera painters have sought for centuries.
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Sandy Thibeault
Egg Tempera & Gilding
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Eye Spy:Lover's Eye, Invitational, J. German Fine Art, Troy, NY
127th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art
Club Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
2023 Allied Artists of America, 110th Annual
Online Exhibition
126th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
2022 Polasek Museum, All That Glitters: The
Society of Gilders
125th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
2021 Academic Artists Association Juried
Exhibition of Traditional Realism Online
124th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
2020 123rd Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
42nd Annual Mooresville Springfest
Judged Exhibit, NC
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Member’s Online Show
2019 122st Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
Featured Artist, Painting with Egg,
Mooresville Artists, NC
2018 Adirondacks National Exhibition of
American Watercolors, NY
Academy Center of the Arts National
Juried Art Exhibition, VA
Mooresville Arts Juried Winter Art
Exhibit, NC
2017 121st Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
44th Annual Rocky Mountain National
Watermedia Exhibition, CO
2016 120th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art
Club Open Juried Exhibit, NYC
National Juried Exhibit/Viewpoint 48-
Cincinnatti Art Club, OH
Juried Winter Art Exhibit, Mooresville
Arts, NC
2015 30th Tallahassee International, FSU
Museum of Fine Arts, FL
Members Best/60th Anniversary,
Mooresville Arts, NC
2014 Academy Center of the Arts National
Juried Art Exhibition, VA
2013 Five Artists Invitational, Andre Christine
Gallery, NC
2012 Cape Cod Open Juried National, MA
James King Bonner Show, MA
Awards & Publications
2024 Catalogue, 127th Catharine Lorillard
Wolfe Club
Jack Richeson Award for Painting,
127th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Club
2023 Catalogue, 126th Catharine Lorillard
Wolfe Club
2022 Salmagundi Club Award, 125th
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Open Juried Exhibit
Catalogue, 125th Catharine Lorillard
Wolfe Art Club
SouthCarolinaVoyager Magazine
Interview...
https://southcarolinavoyager.com/interview/
meet-sandy-thibeault-of-cornelius-nc/
Orlando Arts Magazine, Nov-Dec issue
2022, cover and Polasek Museum All
That Glitters article
2021 Academic Merit Award, Academic Artists
Association Juried Exhibition of
Traditional Realism
Catalogue, Academic Artists Association
71st National Exhibition
2020 Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Award,
123rd Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Open Juried Exhibit
Catalogue, 123rd Catharine Lorillard
Wolfe Art Club
1st Place, 42nd Mooresville Springfest
Judged Exhibit
Mooresville Tribune, May 11, 2020
2nd Place, 2020 CLWAC Annual
Member’s Online Show
2019 Margaret M. Martin Memorial Award,
122nd Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art
Club Open Juried Exhibit
Catalogue, 122nd Catharine Lorillard
Wolfe Art Club
2018 Catalogue, 121st Catharine Lorillard
Wolfe Art Club
Catalogue, National Juried Show,
Academy of Fine Arts, VA
Mooresville Tribune, December 2, 2018
2017 Catalogue, 44th Annual Rocky Mountain
National Watermedia Exhibition, CO
2016 Gold Medal of Honor, 120th Catharine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Juried,
NYC
2015 1st Place, “38th Spring Artfest,”
Mooresville Arts, Mooresville, NC
Catalogue, “30th Tallahassee
International,” FSU Museum of Fine
Arts, FL
Selected as a Juried Member of the
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem,
NC
2014 Catalogue, National Juried Show,
Academy of Fine Arts, VA
2013 HM, Mooresville Arts Annual Color
Photography Exhibition, NC
HM, Mooresville Arts Annual Black &
White Photography Exhibition, NC
2012 2nd Place, In the Studio, Woodshed
Gallery, MA
3rd Place, James King Bonnar Show, MA
2nd Place, Anything Goes/Photography,
Blackstone Valley Art Association, MA
Works of Note, Scandinavian
Center/Newton Members Exhibit, MA
2011 Book, Egg Tempera Painting: Tools,
Techniques & Tips by Sandy Thibeault
1985 1st Place, WCVB-TV New England
Illustration Competition, MA
1985-1989 1st Place (5), Children’s Hospital
Monster Dash Race, MA, (costume
design)
Education
2022 Charles Douglas Gilding Studio, Pastiglia
/Sgraffito
Yulia Klishina, iconographer, restorer,
gilder
2014-2018, 2022 Workshops in Italy, study with
Fred Wessel & Jeremiah Patterson
2006-9, 2012, 2019 Study with Koo Schadler
2019 Study with Suzanne Scherer and Pasha
Ouporov
2004 West Africa Study Tour. Primary Source,
MA
Post Grad School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Harvard, U Conn, Union Inst
2000 Certified Supervisor/Director. Lesley
College
China Study Tour. Primary Source, MA
1999 Galapagos Islands Study Tour. PhD
program, Union Institute
1995 M.Ed. (Creative Arts in Education) Lesley
College & University
1970 BFA Massachusetts College of Art
1969 MassArt Summer Program, Rome, Italy
1968 MassArt Summer Program, Florence, It
Experience
Teacher: Egg Tempera Workshops/Private
Lessons
2007-2011 Department Chair. Living, Fine &
Technical Arts. Dover-Sherborn
Regional High School, MA
1994-2011 Teacher. Dover-Sherborn Regional
High School, MA
2010 Hangzhuo/Dover Sherborn Teacher
Exchange, China
2009 Teacher Mentor. Performance Review
and Initial Licensure. MA Dept of Elem
and Sec Education
2006-2009 Student Interviewer. Worcester
Art All-State, MA
1970-75 Teacher. Waltham School System, MA
1969 Teacher. Boston School of Fashion,
Boston, MA
Membership
Elected Member. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC
Juried Member. Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC
Society of Gilders
Mooresville Arts, NC