Sandi Baker - Artist                                                                    

I am extremely honored that Golden Artist Colors used my painting 'Dance - The Moon' in their brochure for their new line of OPEN Acrylics! I just can't say enough about Golden Paints - and the new OPEN Acrylics are amazing! You can read about the new line or watch the video press release here:

OPEN Acrylics Press Release

 Visit their site here: Golden Artist Colors

See the brochure online here:  Golden OPEN Acrylics

Thank you Golden for such wonderful paints!!

'Dance - The Moon'

I just had an interview published in Nature's Paint Box Ezine Issue # 3. My painting of Mishra the tiger is on the cover. To pick up a copy just go here.

 I decided to create an Arctic Spirit Catcher Series. There are four pieces total and the series includes the Arctic Fox and Snowy Owl as well as the Polar Bear and Arctic Wolf shown here. These are available for sale and will debut at the Hickory Furniture Mart - Furniture Festival July 24th - 26th Friday & Saturday 9 AM - 6 PM and Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM where J W and I will be showing our latest creations from Wolf Song Studio.

I am no longer using wood screws in the construction process, instead I am using a method of tying the framework together that is more authentic and is actually sturdier. The newer pieces also feature framework beautifully carved by beetles (shown below). Due to global warming the pine beetle has increased in numbers and has killed a huge portion of pines across Canada and the Western U.S. An amazing natural disaster caused by man. The beetles kill the pines by clogging the tree's internal system with a fungus which forever stains the wood blue. Called ''Denim Pine'' or ''Beetle Killed Pine'' the wood is being used in everything from log home construction to furniture manufacturing. Beautiful and unique, using this wood is actually a 'green' practice because there is such a surplus of the still useable dead pine. The pine beetles are not at this time out of control in my region, but there is enough of this beetle killed pine wood lying around on the forest floor to create a fire hazard. I collect it from the forest, dry it out and then finish it for lasting beauty. I think it adds to the global warming statement the Arctic series was created to speak of. 

I thought it would be fun to start a Zazzle store! I already have a few great products featuring my art for sale, and I will be adding more products and art soon! Click on the panel below to learn more or click HERE to go to my Zazzle store.

I have a Facebook account now. If you want to find me I am here:

I am extremely honored that Art Scene International Magazine asked me to create a tutorial for their Airbrush Workshop! ‘’Mishra’’ a freehand tiger portrait can be found in  the August 2008 issue #80. 

PhotoBucket: Your Images for Sale from Jonathan Bailey on Vimeo.

Back at the very beginning of this year (January 1st to be precise) I first contacted Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today regarding what to do about my works being made available for sale on PhotoBucket without my consent or knowledge or even being a member of PhotoBucket - Jonathan was very helpful and together we launched a petition to make the art community aware of this problem and to call for reform of practices by PhotoBucket Administrators. When made aware of this petition, PhotoBucket did not respond favorably.

We all had other matters to attend to at that time, and so the matter was set aside for a time but never forgotten - this new video is “Round Two” in the effort to bring attention to this issue and hopefully educate PhotoBucket users (and others) as to what they can do to make a difference. This 9-minute video created by Jonathan Bailey illustrates one of the key issues - the unauthorized printing of content without the consent of the original copyright holder, as well as offering suggestions and alternative hosting services to try.