Sky, Sea and Landscapes of the West

Sandy Mauck

Sandy Mauck loved art from her earliest recollections. Her first field trips were to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. After moving to Southern California, She remembers taking old car wash posters her brother brought home and drawing portraits on the backs and taping them all over the garage making her own first open gallery. She and her husband Rick now own their own gallery in one of the most beautiful art centers in the world, Carmel-by-the Sea, CA.

Sandy started her art career after raising 5 children. She picked up her first paint brush in 1997, with artist friend  Jan Holman. The high quality and marketability of her first painting delighted both family and friends. Several of her early paintings were shown at the prestigious Hilltop Gallery in Prescott, Arizona. She has attended various workshops including Scottsdale Artists’ School. 

She has been most inspired by the landscapes of the Hudson River School, the marine art of Danny Hahlbohn, the skies of Doug Oliver and the sweet peaceful paintings of Sandra Kuck.  

Sandy is a member of the Oil Painters of America and California Art Club. 

Sandy is also a writer and loves to write poetry and now that love has blended with her artwork and now accompanies most of her large oils, expressing her sentiment in rhymed verse and metaphors.

Sandy lived in the high desert - mountain areas of Arizona for 29 years and has now returned to the Pacific Coast, north of where she lived as a child to the beautiful art community of Carmel for her health and inspiration. 

Sandy is also a photographer specializing in larger than life florals, clouds, sunsets and seascapes and her many years in Arizona and now back on the awesome Pacific Coast have left her with images to paint for a lifetime. 

She says, "I love the clouds, sunsets, flowers, pines and the sea and I strive to make everyone feel as if they were there with me."

Sandy's motto is "God is the ultimate artist, I only paint what He already did."