STORY
Deep in the creative process of artist Angela Turner Sanders are her early experiences as an immigrant.
Constant mobility was the hallmark of her childhood. Each of her mosaic creations channels pervasive themes of time, place, a sense of loss and of discovery into a unique amalgam of smalti, shells, stone, and found objects.
“When you are an immigrant, ‘home’ is your family,” she says. “Each time you move, it is the recollection of the last place that you take to the next place. Your memories become your comfort zone.”
Working chiefly in the medium of mosaic, with links to her formal training in painting and drawing, the art of Angela Turner Sanders today is both practiced and intuitive, an ongoing dialog between physical places and associated emotions, between the transience of lived experiences and our timeless inner worlds. One might call it the geography of memory. Her color-intensive, abstract mixed-media compositions reconstruct remembered worlds through a filter of feeling, expressing her associations with places more so than depicting them.
“These pieces are my attempts to express an emotional tension,” she says. “They are about the longing for home or the feeling of belonging to a place, and about finding yourself in the memories. It is an intensely personal process to reconcile it in a positive and universal way.”
Reverence
Reverence (AVAILABLE)
Italian Smalti, 24K Gold, Selenite, Lepidolite, Amethyst Rose, Opalite, Rose Quartz
13" X 20" X 5" 11lbs


The Bristlecone Pine
The Bristlecone Pine (SOLD)
Italian Smalti, Antique 24K gold, Basalt, Porcelain
The size is 5' x 5'
Peaceful
Peaceful (SOLD)
Italian smalti, marble, antique 24k gold, smalti, rose quartz, ceramic, raw amethyst.
40” x 24”, 30 lbs.


Under Pressure
Under Pressure (SOLD)
Italian smalti, Sierra basalt, raw peridot, selenite, brass, 24k gold, copper, carnelian, agate, calcite.
11.5” x 29.5”, 20 lbs.
Turmoil
Turmoil (SOLD)
Italian smalti, 24K gold, Kokomo glass, shells, Turkish dendrite.
14” x 24”, 16 lbs.


Tempest
Tempest (SOLD)
Italian smalti, 24k gold, agate, selenite, marble, quartz, adamite.
12” x 23”, 15 lbs.
Transformation
Transformation (AVAILABLE)
Italian smalti, amarantite,
molten glass from the Donner Summit Hotel fire
1880. 9” x 20”, 13 lbs.


Fire
Fire (SOLD)
Slate, smalti, Kokomo glass, marble, obsidian, sea shells, labradorite.
12” x 16”, 12 lbs.
Ice
Ice (AVAILABLE)
Italian smalti, apophylite, 24k gold, agate, mica, petrified wood, crystals, aluminum, Italian marble.
18.5” x 30.5”, 20 lbs.


The Master
The Master (AVAILABLE)
Italian smalti, Brazilian topaz, marble, 24k gold, jade, quartz, jadeite, fluorapohyllite, rhodonite.
17” x 13”, 7 lbs.
Intra
Intra (AVAILABLE)
Italian smalti, ceramic, 24k gold, marble
2 x 15.5” x 8.54”, 20 lbs.


YAHWEH
Yahweh (SOLD)
Italian smalti, opalite, rose quartz, selenite, kyanite, rhodonite, amethyst.
20” x 31”, 45 lbs.
JOURNEY
Journey (AVAILABLE)
Italian smalti, marble, sea shells, fluorite, aquamarine, amazonite, brazilian topaz, chrysocolla.
17” x 23”, 16 lbs.


roiling
Roiling (UNAVAILABLE - EXHIBITION)
Italian smalti, 24K gold, Italian marble, shells, benitoite, semi-precious stones.
30” x 19”, 23 lbs.
Je Suis La
Je Suis La (AVAILABLE)
Ceramic, smalti, Kokomo glass, encaustic
39" x 29", 40lbs


Dyad
Dyad (SOLD)
Willow Ware Ceramic, 24k Gold, Copper
12" x 20"
Confluence
Confluence (AVAILABLE)
Smalti, Kokomo Glass, Selenite, Aquamarine, Amazonite, Calcite, and Chrysoprase
16" x 25" x 2"


Storylines
Storylines (AVAILABLE)
Italian Smalti, 24k Antique Gold Smalti, Selenite, Opalite, Kokomo Glass
14" x 26" x 3"
Transcendence
Transcendence (SOLD)
Rose Quartz, 24k Gold, Italian Smalti, Kokomo Glass, Oyster Shells, Opalite
5" x 5"


Reconcile
Reconcile (AVAILABLE)
Antique Gold, Smalti, Kokomo Glass
6.5" x 13"
Natures Icon
Natures Icon (AVAILABLE)
Basalt, Smalti, Antique Gold
9" x 11"


Inside/Out
Inside/Out (AVAILABLE)
Italian Smalti, Kokomo Glass, Antique 24k gold, Oyster Shells
23" x 18" x 8.5"
Hangzhou
Hangzhou (AVAILABLE)
Italian Smalti, Marble, Aluminum, 24k Gold
19" x 16"


Summit
Summit (AVAILABLE)
Italian Smalti, Insulator Glass, Marble, Kokomo Glass
18.5" x 11"