recent Press

Spotlight Series: Colby Sanford - W Design Collective , 2021

“I think that thoughtfulness comes with experience. When I was just starting out, I think I had a tenacity to just run without thinking about bigger ideas. That works well but the more I paint, the more excited I am at holding onto ideas and crafting them a little more, curating them, giving them deeper meaning and connecting them with other paintings. . .”

Colby Sanford - BYUtv’s artFUL series, 2020

“The art that I do is about my life and that’s it. The more specific I get into my own life, with my own experiences, the more universal it can become in some strange way. . . There’s been so much more meaning in life because of painting. Painting brings life to life for me. . .”

Memories of Home - 15 Bytes, 2018

“Sanford wanted to revisit and explore the farm before it was sold. He also wanted to resolve the conflict he noticed about his recollections of Maine. He had spent summers there while growing up, and felt that there was a discrepancy between his memories and the actual farm. . .”

“Remembering Home” - Kelly Skeen, 2018

“Colby Sanford’s contemporary figurative paintings reveal shared intimacies between family, lovers, friends and introspective individuals. Casual snapshots from the artist’s everyday life translate onto his panels as nostalgic and bittersweet moments in subtle colors and loose brushstrokes. . .”