Sandy Ostrau  
November 1st – 30th, 2018 

Bryant Street Gallery is pleased to present Inside Out a new exhibition from Bay Area artist, Sandy Ostrau. Textured and vibrant, Ostrau uses oil paint to create people and places – snapshots in time and space. Her locations vary from the California coast to New York museums, but her figures are always obscured letting the viewer make a story for each form. The exhibition opens November 1^st, with the artist’s reception on November 2^nd from 6-8 pm.

Sandy Ostrau paints both interior and exterior locations. Her large common area interiors like New York cafes or public libraries showcase people at the same time guarded and also free to be whoever they are. Ostrau has a studio space in Mountain View, California and a love of the California Coast. Her mellow seaside paintings reference Southern California beach culture and its never-ending summer, and her architectural and romantic Northern California paintings relay the special connection she and her family have to The Sea Ranch in Sonoma County. The shapes and textures of the coast are reflected back in her abstracted figurative landscapes.

Inside Out will be on exhibit from November 1^st to November 30^th, 2018 at Bryant Street Gallery, 532 Bryant St, Palo Alto, CA. The artist will be in attendance of the opening reception, Friday November 2^nd from 6-8 pm