SANDRO
Mixed media artist creating urban-inspired paintings on wood, to explore texture, recovery, and hidden narrative.
Electric Quiet -2026 - Mixed media on ply - 70×50cm
About
I create urban inspired mixed media paintings on wood, exploring texture, recovery, and hidden narrative.I came to painting through recovery.After a stroke, I needed something that would help me slow down, focus, and rebuild. Painting became that space. What started as a way to recover turned into something deeper, a way to process, reconnect, and create with intention again.I’m drawn to raw materials, especially wood. I work mainly on ply, not just for how it looks, but for how it behaves. The grain, the inconsistencies, the way it takes paint differently every time, there is an unpredictability to it that I don’t try to control. I work with it.The preparation is part of the process. Sealing the surface, building it up, working into the solid feel of the substrate, it all feeds into the final piece.My work builds through layers of paint and collage. Fragments go down, get covered, broken, and reworked. Some things remain visible, others are lost beneath the surface. There are messages within the work, some revealed, others intentionally hidden.I’m influenced by urban textures and environments, worn, layered, imperfect. That same language runs through everything I make.I’m not chasing perfection. I’m interested in honesty, in creating work that feels grounded, textured, and alive. Something you can sit with, and keep finding more in over time.
Contact
For enquiries regarding available works, commissions, or exhibitions, please get in touch.
Thanks for getting in touch
Thank you for getting in touch. I appreciate your interest in the work and will respond as soon as I can.
Thank you
Thank you for taking the time to look at my work.Whether you’ve supported me, shared a piece, or simply spent a moment with it — it means more than you might think.This work came out of a difficult place, and the fact that it connects with people, even quietly, is something I don’t take lightly.I’m especially grateful to the people who supported me through recovery and encouraged me to keep going — directly or indirectly, that support is built into every piece.If something here resonates with you, then it’s doing what it’s meant to do.
Latest Work
My recent work explores the feeling of moving through a city, focusing on light, motion, and shifting perspectives rather than exact representation.These paintings are built up in layers on plywood. I spend time preparing the surface, working with the grain rather than against it, sanding and priming to create a workable, dungeons textured substrate. Then there, the process becomes less predictable.Collage plays a role in my work. I take care selecting newsprint and pictures that contain messages that reflect the sentiment behind the work. These are then embeded onto the ply. Not everything remains visible. Some parts are lost or covered over, while others remain just beneath the surface. This balance between control and chance is an important part of how the work develops.Paint is applied, removed, and reworked, allowing the surface to hold traces of each stage.The images shown here include both finished pieces and stages of their creation. The process is not separate from the outcome. It is where most of the meaning sits, in the decisions, the revisions, and the moments that are left behind within the painting.
For enquiries, purchases, or to discuss the work, please get in touch.The current piece is on display at Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, and can be viewed there in person.
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