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Maggie Bandstra

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I am an artist and arts educator living in Grand Haven, currently in the MFA  in Painting Program at Savannah College of Art and Design.   My work is  typically nature-based designed abstractions that take form in oil  paintings or pottery—symbolizing our human connection to nature.  .

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I hand stretch my canvases in the traditional way with copper tacks. 

I value using quality materials and traditional craftsmanship. I do use photos as a reference to create forms and shapes and to plan my compositions, but not when I apply the paint. Making my work look like a photograph is not my goal  because I like to see the artist’s hand in the art work.  


 I play with color and patterns intuitively, adding layers to my work, sometimes with multiple forms of media such as dye, house paint, and exquisite oils. 

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 I believe my work is a reflection of who I am: we are more than one thing. We humans have layers to us and those layers represent the complexity of human existence.  


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