Welcome to CCA Galleries, home to the largest collection of original silkscreens, etchings, lithographs, limited edition art prints, original art works on canvas and sculptures.

Art is very much a personal choice and a pleasure to own. It is a great way of enhancing your environment. It makes a timeless and special gift for friends and family or as an indulgent reward for yourself. A piece of art from our extensive collection can not only provide many years of pleasure for the recipient but may also prove to be a sound investment.

We at CCA Galleries are proud to promote work by up and coming young artists alongside some of the most renowned artists and to offer quality art at an affordable price.

Royal Academy artists whose work is published by CCA Galleries include:
Sir Terry Frost RA
Donald Hamilton Fraser RA
Sandra Blow RA

Other well-known artists featured are Beryl Cook, Jurgen Gorg, Phil Greenwood, Heidi Konig, Sir Peter Blake, Annora Spence and Richard Spare to mention a few.

Sadly Sandra Blow RA died on 22nd August 06 at the age of 80

She was an inspiration in both her work and her life, any body who had the pleasure of meeting her would have been touched by her vivaciousness and style.

From 1941 Sandra studied at St Martins and the Royal Academy schools but it was in 1947 after moving to Italy that she started her painting career making her mark with strong tonal works using paint and collage. It was here where she met Alberto Burri.

When she returned to London in 1950 she joined the forefront of British Modern Abstract Art. Her successs followed quickly achieving internatioanl recognition.

Sandra spent 44 years in London devoting her working life to developing her abstract art.

It was a time that she described as being 'wide open` her contemporaries were the likes of Bacon, Freud, Frost, Hilton + Pasmore also the jazzman and art critic George Melly.

In 1960 she won the Guggenheim International Award.

In 1971 Sandra was elected into the Royal Academy and in 1983 received an Honorary Fellowship.

Sandra moved to Cornwall in 1994 where she continued to work right up until her sudden death.

CCA Galleries have had the great pleasure of working with Sandra for over seven years and in that time have published many stunning silkscreen prints with collaged elements and textures and glazes, her uncompromising approach pushed printmaking techniques to new boundaries with the introduction of Hessian, film and cloth.

The prints have become almost sculptural.

Last year in celebration of Sandra's 80th birthday CCA published a silkscreen entitled 'Rilievo' The collaged edition of 80 pieces is so delicately constructed that each one is presented Boxed.

Her loss will be deeply felt by us all.

COLLECTIONS INCLUDE

Arts Council of Great Brition

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Contemporary Arts Society, London

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Leeds City Art Gallery

Leicester Museum of Art

Liverpool University.

Museum Modern Art New York

Nuffield Foundation

Tate Gallery

British Council

Victoria and Albert Museum



SANDRA BLOW RA 14.09.1925 - 22.08.06

posted 28/09/2006