Sandra Wolfson is a painter and printmaker whose work explores the expressive and abstract qualities of the natural world. Rooted in the traditions of Abstract Expressionism, her paintings and prints balance intuition, atmosphere, and layered color with a deep sensitivity to landscape and human connection. For Sandra, abstraction is not simply a visual language, but a way of exploring transformation, memory, and the mystery woven into everyday life.

Raised in some of America’s most iconic National Parks—including the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde National Park—Sandra developed an enduring relationship with the natural environment. The daughter of a career National Park Service ranger, she credits those formative experiences with shaping both her artistic identity and her lifelong fascination with place, light, and the emotional resonance of landscape.

Sandra received her MFA in Drawing and Painting from Colorado State University and her BFA in Drawing and Painting from University of Georgia. She was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant to study art in Italy and later received a National Endowment for the Arts Artist-in-the-Schools grant to teach in Los Angeles. She is currently an exhibiting artist with the Amelia Island Art Association cooperative gallery.

Alongside her studio practice, Sandra has built a respected career as a teaching artist, curator, and arts educator. During the pandemic, she developed and taught an online course called Travel With Me (Virtually) to Art Museums Around the World, and she has taught in studio courses in Perspective and Composition at The College of Marin Extension, where she had a devoted following among students. She was awarded an Artist In Residency at Burren College of Art in Ireland and Kala Art Institute, a highly regarded printmaking studio where she worked for many years. Sandra worked at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Her artwork has been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally. She has curated and participated in numerous exhibitions throughout California and beyond. In 2024, her work was selected for the 94920 exhibition, and in 2023 she co-curated Connections: Art & Music at the Tiburon Library with solo exhibitions at the O’Hanlon Center of Art in Mill Valley in 2025.

Sandra currently resides on Amelia Island with her husband Greg and their dog, Puck. She continues to paint, print, teach, and exhibit while remaining deeply inspired by the beauty, rhythm, and emotional power of the natural world.