Sandra Blow

Overview

The life of Sandra Blow (1925-2006) was as exciting as the works she produced. "Lucian [Freud] once took me to the top of a bombed church in Soho," she told an interviewer of her post-war years in London. "There were two towers left and he leapt over the gap. 'You can't possibly expect me to do that,' she said. 'Just think of it as if you were on the escalator in Selfridges,' Freud replied."

Sandra Blow was a pioneering artist, expressing new and exciting ideas and practices through her work. Emerging amidst post-war austerity, Blow’s early canvases are a mixture of traditional painterly materials, as well as the sawdust and cloth that littered her studio. These beginnings defined the manner in which she continued to work; her pieces are as much about texture as their visual impact.

 

Blow's paintings reflect the societal moods around her, as well as the deeply personal: the colour and liberation in her canvases from the 1960s, the optimism and energy following her relocation to St. Ives in her seventies. The boldness of her pieces continues to stop you in your tracks. 

Works
  • Sandra Blow, Abstract in Ochre
    Sandra Blow
    Abstract in Ochre
    1993
    Mixed media on paper
    Signed and dated 'Blow '93'
    H106 x W105 cm (framed artwork)
    £ 9,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Abstract in Blue
    Sandra Blow
    Abstract in Blue
    1993
    Mixed media on paper
    Signed and dated 'Blow '93'
    H76.5 x W136 cm (framed artwork)
    £ 7,400.00
  • Sandra Blow, Borderline
    Sandra Blow
    Borderline
    2005
    Screenprint
    Edition 45/85
    Hand signed by artist
    H93 x W93 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 2,800.00
  • Sandra Blow, Transparency, 2004
    Sandra Blow
    Transparency, 2004
    Silkscreen with fabric collage
    Edition 63/130
    H73 x W68 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 2,800.00
  • Sandra Blow, Transparency, 2004
    Sandra Blow
    Transparency, 2004
    Silkscreen with fabric collage
    Edition 80/130
    H73 x W73 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 2,800.00
  • Sandra Blow, Collage
    Sandra Blow
    Collage
    1979
    Mixed media on wood
    Signed 'Blow 1979' later inscribed: 'with love affection good wishes to -Meredith and Jeremy 25 September 1981' (verso)
    H39 x W39 x D10 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 7,150.00
  • Sandra Blow, Untitled
    Sandra Blow
    Untitled
    1965
    Oil on canvas
    Dated on verso
    H107 x W91 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 14,200.00
  • Sandra Blow, Expanse
    Sandra Blow
    Expanse
    2006
    Oil, hessian and collage on canvas
    Signed on verso
    H61 x W61 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 9,800.00
  • Sandra Blow, Linear Trace
    Sandra Blow
    Linear Trace
    2005
    Acrylic and collage on linen
    Signed on verso
    H120.5 x W121 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 28,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Zen, 2001
    Sandra Blow
    Zen, 2001
    Oil and collage on canvas
    Signed verso
    H107 x W107 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 18,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Linear Colour Movements
    Sandra Blow
    Linear Colour Movements
    2004
    Acrylic, collage and sacking on canvas
    Signed verso
    H123 x W123 cm
    £ 34,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Untitled
    Sandra Blow
    Untitled
    1998
    Collage and mixed media
    Signed verso
    H98 x W83 cm
    £ 6,400.00
  • Sandra Blow, Red and Blue
    Sandra Blow
    Red and Blue
    1998
    Collage and mixed media
    Signed verso
    H100 x W76 cm
    £ 7,200.00
  • Sandra Blow, Untitled
    Sandra Blow
    Untitled
    1975
    Lithograph Ed. 68/75
    Signed and dated
    H71 x W53 cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold
  • Sandra Blow, Orange Yellow Brown Cadenza
    Sandra Blow
    Orange Yellow Brown Cadenza
    2005
    Acrylic and collage on canvas
    H150 x W180 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 32,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Glance
    Sandra Blow
    Glance
    2003
    Pencil, acrylic and collage on canvas
    H102 x W102 cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold
  • Sandra Blow, Painting N°6
    Sandra Blow
    Painting N°6
    1962
    Oil, ash, charcoal and sand on canvas, signed on reverse
    H153 x W128 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 32,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Shifts of Sand Porthmeor
    Sandra Blow
    Shifts of Sand Porthmeor
    c.1996
    Oil and collage on canvas, signed on reverse
    H249 x W274 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 48,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Intersection
    Sandra Blow
    Intersection
    c.1978
    ABS resin Signed and titled on reverse
    H122 x W122 cm (unframed artwork)
    Sold
  • Sandra Blow, Colour Within
    Sandra Blow
    Colour Within
    2005
    Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
    H54 x W56 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 750.00
  • Sandra Blow, Revolve
    Sandra Blow
    Revolve
    2003
    Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
    H54 x W56 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 750.00
  • Sandra Blow, Squares in Orbit
    Sandra Blow
    Squares in Orbit
    2005
    Screenprint, signed, ed. 6/500
    H54 x W55 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 750.00
  • Sandra Blow, Untitled , 2004
    Sandra Blow
    Untitled , 2004
    Acrylic and collage on canvas
    H91 x W91 cm (unframed artwork)
    £ 12,000.00
  • Sandra Blow, Borderline, 2000
    Sandra Blow
    Borderline, 2000
    Screenprint
    Stamped by estate and signed, ed. 6/500
    H54 x W55 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 900.00