http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sandra-hansen.html?tab=blog Art Nomad Sandra Hansen - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/sandra-hansen-1314054615-logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sandra-hansen.html?tab=blog Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:29:47 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/emmett-till-memorial-triptych.html Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:09:27 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/spring-is-popping-and-i-am-couch-surfing.html Spring is finally here in Sweden! It has been very cold here, too cold to paint outside much. As you may remember from my last email I came to Sweden to paint and to teach painting classes. The painting classes covered my airfare and some more but wo... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:28:31 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/how-long-to-ha-long-bay%3f.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:47:11 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/mekong-delta.html In Ho Chi Minh City, otherwise known as Saigon, I wanted to see how it had fared since the war and how Americans were perceived. I had grown up with the war on TV and it was such a part of my life and childhood that I wanted to know more about it fr... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:33:03 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/beauty-and-poverty-in-asia.html In my last blog I was in Khon Kaen Thailand and the Songkran Festival was just beginning. During the three days of Songkran we spent all of our time throwing buckets of water on everyone near us. They returned the favor by throwing water on us, some... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:40:58 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/two-ceremonies-and-a-festival.html I am now in Khon Kaen, Thailand after spending a week teaching art to children in Bangkok. I am staying at a hostel for children who were orphaned in the tsunami, come from broken homes, extremely poor families or abusive ones. I teach for about 2 ho... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:05:24 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/steamer-room.html Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:06:54 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/1-atelier-of-art-.html Recently though one of those quirks of fate I had the opportunity to make the acquaintance of Matthias and Ines Jurke. They live in the beautiful village of Wildenbuch, Germany. Their passion is to bring artists from all over the world to create... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:01:36 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/travel-schedule.html Many of you have asked where we are in this incredible traveling year. I have just bought my tickets for the spring and can now answer some of these questions. For those who didn't know, we have been here in Lund, Sweden for 5 months while Ed has... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:58:14 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/tuxes-and-heels-in-the-medieval-city-.html For New Years Eve we went to the area behind the cathedral. in Lund, Sweden. The sky was cold and black and the 6th century cathedral was softly lit up on the outside showing off all of the little arches and columns, and the solid, tall, dark tow... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:31:19 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/thanksgiving-and-a-jul-christmas.html Happy Thanksgiving!! I know that you all feel grateful for the roof over your heads, food on the table everyday, clothes on my backs and hope in our futures. We are very lucky to have the bare essentials. This year we shared our Thanksgivi... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:43:08 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/painting-in-the-wild.html A few days ago I started a painting of a coffee shop in an old brick building. When I was setting up this man came up and started talking with me. He said he was a poet. So as I painted he quoted two beautiful poems for me. One was from 600 ad an... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:24:52 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/sauna-by-the-sea-and-climbing-on-sticks.html It has been a very busy week. Last Thursday I was invited to my new friend, Marta's house. She lives about 15 km from Lund in the village of Bjarred on the edge of the sea. We went out to her house after work at about three. First she served me a... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:45:15 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/life-in-lund.html We are really settling into life here in Lund. I try to use my mornings to paint and the afternoons are for other things. My painting class on Friday mornings has started and I have joined a group of international women on Thursday afternoons. I h... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:38:48 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/i-guess-it-is-spectacular-if-you-are-not-used-to-it.html We have been back in Norway this week. Ed's father who is 83 joined us and we rented a car to drive over. We did not go as far to the North as two weeks ago, but to some incredibly spectacular scenery anyway. Yesterday we drove down a road that was...