Riverview Artists

SANDY ORSTEN was born in Lethbridge, Alberta and has completed degrees in Science and Education as well as a Masters degree in 1996.  Although a mathematics teacher for over 35 years, he always had an interest in art and painting and did courses during his degrees at the university.  He came in contact with the batiking process while living and working in Singapore from 2002-2004. After retirement he began experimenting with this process both on assorted papers and pure silk. It is not the usual or traditional batiking process but rather batik painting using wax resist and batik dyes. As a avid gardener, flowers were the motivation for earlier paintings, especially orchids, but he is now interested in both landscapes and human figures.  He resides with his wife in Calgary.