Sally Swatland

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Sally Swatland "Island Sandpipers"



SALLY SWATLAND 
(b. 1946)

Memories of Summer

Sally Swatland was born in 1946 in Washington, DC and moved to Greenwich, Connecticut when she was seven. Her father was a successful attorney, which allowed her family to spend long periods in the countryside with many vacations at various seaside locations throughout the United States. She shared a passion with her family for beaches, sunshine, and fresh air. Most summer days were spent at the beach playing in tidal pools, chasing minnows, collecting shells and exploring.

Sally has two sisters who were also encouraged to study drawing, painting, and anything that developed creative expression. Throughout her childhood and teens she painted and drew constantly, developing skill at observing and recording the world around her. She started painting when she was five. Throughout grammar school, high school and college she was always enrolled in art classes. She has always had a passion for art and loves experimenting with color and light.

After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Mount Saint Vincent College, she went on to study formal figure drawing for six years (1969-1974) at the Art Students League of New York. There she studied under Robert Shultz (the illustrator who continued Norman Rockwell's tradition and became famous for his illustrations that graced the covers of many Zane Gray books).

During the summer months Schultz held numerous plein-air classes on landscape painting in the New Jersey countryside where Sally would religiously drive long distances to attend.

Sally married in her mid-twenties and painted her first 'beach scene' while she was pregnant with her first child. Sally remembers the time quite well: It was somewhat of an accident that I thought about painting children at the beach. I had studied figure and landscape painting at the Art Students League and I was somewhat searching for a subject that interested me. While I was pregnant with my first child, one day I went to the beach with my mother and took some photos of children playing in puddles. I went home and painted a small painting and showed it to some people. The response was very encouraging. They liked the feeling of the painting. I painted a few more that summer.

After the birth of her first daughter, Noelle in 1975, she spent many summer days at the beaches around Greenwich, Connecticut. She would take Noelle and her friends to the beach during the summer months. There she would capture children on film in all types of beach activities. Her favorite images are of children playing in tidal pools, yielding light filled and colorful reflections. 

When her second daughter, Katie, was born in 1981 she continued the daily summer visits to the beach - adding a new model for her work. The groups of children who gathered to go to the beach grew in numbers and as Noelle and Katie got older, the family would travel to beaches in the Hamptons, and to various beaches in Northern and Southern California. Sally would carry a variety of colorful clothing and an assortment of hats to the beach and she spent a considerable amount of time searching for the right beach apparel.

There was a significant amount of bribery that went on between Sally and her children so that they would co-operate in what she now calls her 'beach dress up photo archives'. The children knew it was a way to acquire further summer treats and gain extra benefits; the children knew how to gain favors - it was all quite amusing to Sally. Her beach photo sessions would always draw a crowd, especially the young children, which allowed her access to even more models.

During the winter months Sally would spend her time painting portraits with most of her commissions coming from referrals, however her love was the summer images on the beach. Today, while she still receives many commissions for portrait work, she has turned her attention to her carefree images of children playing on the beach. Sally uses her extensive 'beach dress up photo archives' as inspiration for her warm and colorful images of childhood.

Sally has exhibited in the Hudson Valley Juried Show; was selected to paint the Governor of Connecticut's Christmas card two years in a row; has had a number of one-women shows in Connecticut and is involved in numerous charities. Each year Sally donates works to: Brunswick Academy, Greenwich Academy, Lime Association of Fairfield County, Putnam Indian Field School and Sloan Kettering Hospital (American Cancer Society) so they may be auctioned off to raise funds.

Currently Sally is a member of the following Societies: American Impressionist Society; American Society of Marine Artists; American Society of Portrait Artists and the Cape Cod Art Association.

This essay is copyrighted by Rehs Galleries, Inc. and may not be reproduced or transmitted without written permission from Rehs Galleries, Inc.




La Jolla Coast - Sally Swatland
Sally Swatland
(Born 1946)
La Jolla Coast
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Summertime - Sally Swatland
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Summertime
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Early Morning on the Island - Sally Swatland
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Early Morning on the Island
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Nets and Pails - Sally Swatland
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Nets and Pails
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Minnow Collectors - Sally Swatland
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Minnow Collectors
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A May Morning - Sally Swatland
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A May Morning
32 x 26 inches
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The Shore of Long Island - Sally Swatland
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The Shore of Long Island
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The Sand Dollar - Sally Swatland
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The Sand Dollar
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A Good Day for a Sail - Sally Swatland
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A Good Day for a Sail
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Morning Surf, Nantucket - Sally Swatland
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Morning Surf, Nantucket
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A Day at the Beach, Nantucket - Sally Swatland
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A Day at the Beach, Nantucket
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Playing in the Tidal Pools - Sally Swatland
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Playing in the Tidal Pools
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Summer Memories - Sally Swatland
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Summer Memories
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Castle Builders, Todd\'s Point - Sally Swatland
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Castle Builders, Todd's Point
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Summer on Long Island - Sally Swatland
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Summer on Long Island
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The Little Sand Crab - Sally Swatland
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The Little Sand Crab
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Incoming Tide - Sally Swatland
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Incoming Tide
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High Tide - Sally Swatland
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High Tide
40 x 36 inches
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Best Friends - Sally Swatland
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Best Friends
16 x 20 inches
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Summer Reflections - Sally Swatland
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Summer Reflections
24 x30 inches
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Morning at the Point - Sally Swatland
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Morning at the Point
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Sandpipers - Sally Swatland
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Sandpipers
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Along Plum Island - Sally Swatland
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Along Plum Island
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Shell Collecting - Newport Beach - Sally Swatland
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Shell Collecting - Newport Beach
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Morning Swim - Sally Swatland
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Morning Swim
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Early July - Sally Swatland
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Early July
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Summer Breeze - Sally Swatland
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Summer Breeze
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Early Afternoon at Todd\'s Point - Sally Swatland
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Early Afternoon at Todd's Point
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Looking Towards Catalina - Sally Swatland
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Looking Towards Catalina
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Sand Castle Day - Sally Swatland
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Sand Castle Day
24 x 30 inches
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Wading by the Shore - Sally Swatland
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Wading by the Shore
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Summer by the Sea - Sally Swatland
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Summer by the Sea
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Morning Surf - Sally Swatland
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Morning Surf
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By the Sea - Sally Swatland
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By the Sea
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Along the Connecticut Shore - Sally Swatland
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Along the Connecticut Shore
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June on the Barrier Islands - Sally Swatland
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June on the Barrier Islands
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Reflections at the Inlet - Sally Swatland
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Reflections at the Inlet
26 x 32 inches
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The Colors of Summer - Sally Swatland
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The Colors of Summer
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Day at the Beach - Sally Swatland
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Day at the Beach
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Sunday at the Shore - Sally Swatland
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Sunday at the Shore
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The Snail Collection - Sally Swatland
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The Snail Collection
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Sand Bar on Fishers Island - Sally Swatland
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Sand Bar on Fishers Island
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Beach Combers - Sally Swatland
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Beach Combers
32 x 26 inches
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The Oyster Shell - Sally Swatland
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The Oyster Shell
30 x 24 inches
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Island Sandpipers - Sally Swatland
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Island Sandpipers
30 x 24 inches
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Conversation by the Tidal Pool - Sally Swatland
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Conversation by the Tidal Pool
26 x 32 inches
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Collecting Minnows - Sally Swatland
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Collecting Minnows
24 x 30 inches
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Low Tide at Greenwich Point - Sally Swatland
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Low Tide at Greenwich Point
26 x 32 inches
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Sunday Morning - Sally Swatland
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Sunday Morning
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A Walk by the Sea - Sally Swatland
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A Walk by the Sea
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Playing in the Cove - Sally Swatland
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Playing in the Cove
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September Afternoon - Sally Swatland
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September Afternoon
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Low Tide Reflections - Sally Swatland
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Low Tide Reflections
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Rhode Island Summer - Sally Swatland
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Rhode Island Summer
24 x 36 inches
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Early June - Sally Swatland
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Early June
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New England Summer - Sally Swatland
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New England Summer
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The Connecticut Shore - Sally Swatland
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The Connecticut Shore
32 x 26 inches
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Newport Surf - Sally Swatland
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Newport Surf
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Summer on Plum Island - Sally Swatland
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Summer on Plum Island
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Shell Collecting - Katie - Sally Swatland
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Shell Collecting - Katie
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Surf at Little Compton - Sally Swatland
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Surf at Little Compton
24 x 30 inches
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On the Bluff - Sally Swatland
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On the Bluff
26 x 32 inches
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Castle Building - Sally Swatland
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Castle Building
26 x 32 inches
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Inlet on Long Island Sound - Sally Swatland
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Inlet on Long Island Sound
24 x 30 inches
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Afternoon Sun - Sally Swatland
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Afternoon Sun
24 x 30 inches
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Summer Days - Sally Swatland
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Summer Days
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Looking Out to Sea - Sally Swatland
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Looking Out to Sea
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On the Coast - Sally Swatland
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On the Coast
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Wading in the Ocean - Sally Swatland
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Wading in the Ocean
24 x 36 inches
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Early Summer Day - Sally Swatland
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Early Summer Day
30 x 36 inches
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Ocean Point - Sally Swatland
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Ocean Point
30 x 36 inches
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Walking Through the Dunes - Sally Swatland
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Walking Through the Dunes
30 x 36 inches
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Beach Scene - Sally Swatland
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Beach Scene
30 x 40 inches
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Tidal Pool - Sally Swatland
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Tidal Pool
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July Afternoon - Sally Swatland
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July Afternoon
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