Sandy Thibeault
Egg Tempera Paintings   

About & Contact

 Artist Statement 

I return often to Italy to relish in the historical component as well as to further my practice in the craftsmanship and processes of the egg tempera medium as described in Ceninni’s Il Libro dell’Arte - the first "how to" art book published in the late 1400s.  I combine realism with fifteenth century aesthetics, semi precious stones, eggshells, 23k gold leaf, and pastiglia applications. My work is often intimate in both scale and focus. I search for the nuances in a reflection as much as I do in a facial expression. Bees, butterflies and inconspicuous ladybugs add a bit of movement to many of my still lifes. No matter the focus, my paintings expose things that matter to me, where I find excitement or beauty by means of surface texture, color, pattern or personal relationship. Visible is a commitment to creating images that encourage curiosity and then necessitate a closer second look to appreciate the numerous decisions made to support the straightforward interpretation.





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Sandy Thibeault

Egg Tempera & Gilding


Selected Exhibitions

2024       Eye Spy:Lover's Eye, Invitational, J. German Fine Art, Troy, NY

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, Winter Park, FL

                 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

2023     Catalogue, 126th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art 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

2024     Julio Reyes & Candice Bohannon Workshop

2022    Charles Douglas Gilding Studio, Pastiglia /Sgraffito

              Yulia Klishina, iconographer, restorer, gilder

2014-2018, 2022    Fred Wessel & Jeremiah Patterson, Workshops in Italy

2006-9, 2012, 2019, 2023    Koo Schadler workshops

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 Institute

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, Italy


Experience

Teacher: Egg Tempera Workshops/Private Lessons/Demos

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

   

Resume


Sandy Thibeault

Egg Tempera & Gilding


Selected Exhibitions

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

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

   


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