Sky, Sea, Florals and Landscapes of the West

Sandy's oils have a  peaceful soft, almost stained-glass effect yet realistic in its design. She ventures from traditional realism to contemporary dramatic wave pieces.

Born Sandra Faye Wilkins, Sandy Mauck loved art from her earliest recollections.Her first field
trips were to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. where she was born. 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.Nearly every book she had were scribbled with crayons as a child.  

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, the pastel coasts of William Trost Richards and the sweet peaceful portraits and florals of Sandra Kuck , Lena Liu, and Joyce Pike. 

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  Monterey Peninsula  for her health and inspiration.

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