Sally Anne Fischer
Sally Anne Fischer is a plein air artist whose ties to the Sierra Nevada foothills spans six generations. From her great great aunt Lottie, who mothered lonely cowboys in Kennedy Meadows, to her Portuguese watercolorist grandmother, Fischer's deep roots in the landscape she paints continues to inspire her art.
Fischer was the president of her high school Art Club and went on to study watercolor with Dan Peterson at Yosemite College, then oil painting at CSU Fresno. During her third year, she changed majors completing a degree in equine science following her love of horses and a dream of becoming a horse trainer. After university, she worked for cutting horse trainers, taught equine sciences at Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo then settled in a career as a livestock feed formulator. After having their daughter, she turned to full-time painting, eventually opening a studio and gallery in downtown Sonora. Fischer credits most of her artistic development to plein air workshops and individual instruction with professional painters including Frank Serrano, Jim McVicker, Kathleen Dunphy, Suzie Baker, Camille Przewodek, and Charles Waldman.
As she resides in her hometown, with her husband and daughter, she has inspiration and local knowledge of the sprawling terrain that makes up the Sierra Nevada mountains. Each painting is a culmination of decisions and problems solved about light, design, color and the overall mood of the scene.
Fischer values high quality, handmade or antique frames, which she refurbishes in her downtown studio. While she primarily works with oils en plein air, she also uses the sun room of her 1940s home to paint every morning.
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Fischer was the president of her high school Art Club and went on to study watercolor with Dan Peterson at Yosemite College, then oil painting at CSU Fresno. During her third year, she changed majors completing a degree in equine science following her love of horses and a dream of becoming a horse trainer. After university, she worked for cutting horse trainers, taught equine sciences at Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo then settled in a career as a livestock feed formulator. After having their daughter, she turned to full-time painting, eventually opening a studio and gallery in downtown Sonora. Fischer credits most of her artistic development to plein air workshops and individual instruction with professional painters including Frank Serrano, Jim McVicker, Kathleen Dunphy, Suzie Baker, Camille Przewodek, and Charles Waldman.
As she resides in her hometown, with her husband and daughter, she has inspiration and local knowledge of the sprawling terrain that makes up the Sierra Nevada mountains. Each painting is a culmination of decisions and problems solved about light, design, color and the overall mood of the scene.
Fischer values high quality, handmade or antique frames, which she refurbishes in her downtown studio. While she primarily works with oils en plein air, she also uses the sun room of her 1940s home to paint every morning.
Memberships:
- Oil Painters of America
- California Art Club
- Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
- Carmel Art Association
- Motherlode Art Association
- Exhibition Yosemite and The Lost Sierras July 2023
- Lost Sierra Plein Air Event 2023 Honorable Mention
- Ironstone Spring Obsession Art Show- Judges Award of Merit and 6 paintings exhibited March-June 2023
- Caldwell Banker Magazine cover February 2023
- Oil Painters Of America Fall Showcase 2022 Honorable Mention
- October 2022 finalist PleinAir Salon
- Caldwell Banker Magazine cover August 2022
- The Union Democrat Weekender article Date: May 4th 2022
- Caldwell Banker Magazine cover May 2022
- Ironstone Spring Obsession Art Show 4 paintings shown March-June 2022
- Motherlode Art Association honorable mention 4 paintings exhibited Spring 2022
- Caldwell Banker Magazine cover February 2022
- Caldwell Banker Magazine cover May 2021
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