Kandy was born in Los
Angeles and was accepted into art school at age twelve. She spent her
summer vacations painting with oils alongside adults before studying
with August Lennox during her high school years. Discovered by Nina
Blanchard at eighteen, she worked as a model in Los Angeles and New
York. She then moved Upstate where she began a family while continuing
to study painting at SUNY. Eight years in New York State's glorious
countryside rendered a body of work for Kandy, ranging from portraits
to wildlife to barns.
Her
return to Los Angeles in 1976 began a career in the motion picture
industry as a Set Designer, Art Director, Production Designer and
Producer.
Having
studied drafting she started in the industry working as a Set Designer
on the television series The Waltons, Eight Is Enough, and The Dukes of
Hazzard at Warner Brothers. Then moved into feature films as a Set
Designer on California Suite, I Ought To Be In Pictures, Max Dugan
Returns. Two Of A Kind, Sweet Dreams, 2010, Bladerunner, 1941,The Main
Event, My Favorite Year, and Flashdance.
Kandy
advanced to Art Direction and Production Design with TV movies,
Passions, John and Yoko: A Love Story, The Marla Hansen Story,
Amityville: The Evil Escapes, Shattered Innocence and Miracles. She was
Art Director on films The Morning After, Presidio, and Post Cards From
The Edge.
Writing
and producing was the next adventure for Kandy. She pitched a story to
NBC, Deception: A Mother's Secret, which she produced, followed with
Jericho Fever and Shoot My Head.
In
1991 her interest in Eastern philosophy beckoned her to India to study
meditation, which impacted her work and her life profoundly. Through
meditation she experienced indelible inner visions and in 1994 her work
transformed from realistic wildlife painting to the surreal portrayal
of her exhilarating inner world. Says Kandy: "These visions are so
awe-inspiring, sometimes in Meditation I can hardly catch my breath. I
get so exhilarated and I just want to share my inner world with my
outer one."
Deeply
into Yoga and meditation, Kandy spent less time working in film and
more time painting and studying computer graphics. She was hired as
graphic designer for the television series Birds of Prey at Warner
Brothers and went on to create graphics and paintings for Revenge of
the Middle-Aged-Woman and others.
She
kept her hand in Production Design with The Dukes of Hazzard: The
Beginning, Art Direction Arrested Development, and TV pilots Chris
Kattan, Nobody's Watching, and The Middle.
Kandy's travel to India inspired her to paint the beauty of the Adivasi people and their surroundings.
Kandy retired from the film industry and spends her time traveling, painting, and creating pencil drawings and portraits. "My love of animals and children makes drawing them a heartfelt experience. As the eyes and face appear in my drawing, I feel that the subject is alive looking back at me and there is a special connection between us."
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Membership:
International Guild of Realism
California Art Club
Art Directors Guild
Artist's Statement:
I
strive to convey my deep love for all that is beautiful in nature and
people, children in particular. The play of light on my subjects creates a drama that stimulates my senses. My emotional connection with the
subject is what I offer as an artist.
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