In 1977 Sandra moved from Texas to Florida.  She and her husband live on a small barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico.  Their home is surrounded by protected mangrove islands which serve as rookeries for thousands of birds including pelicans, cormorants, egrets, herons, ibis, roseate spoonbills and osprey.

With a keen eye for detail, her commitment to authenticity has led her to carefully research and document her subjects.  Having travelled extensively and always eager for personal contact with her subjects,

Sandra has spent hours underwater with manatees, tracked water birds through thick mangroves, and explored coral reefs off the Florida keys and the Caribbean.  She has studied moose and herds of elk and bison in their Wyoming habitat, visited puffin and other seabird colonies by Zodiac off the coast of Alaska, and explored rainforests in the Northwest, Brazil and Jamaica.  Sandra has observed burrowing owl colonies and monitored nesting sites of many skimmers, terns and other threatened species.  For many years Sandra has also worked in bird rescue and rehabilitation.

While she is primarily self taught, in recent years Sandra has taken part in several workshops, studying under such prominent artists as Robert Bateman, Greg Beecham, Rod Frederick, Terry Isaac, Kobus Moeller, Stephen Quiller, John Seerey-Lester, and Mort Solberg.

Sandra's subjects include fish and marine scenes, birds, mammals, and habitat landscapes.  Her medium is acrylics on paper, canvas and board.

As the recipient of numerous awards, including environmental art and stamp competition honours, Sandra has constantly channelled her art to aid conservation and environmental projects.  Her work is popular in fund-raising auctions.  She has taken awards in juried shows including Year of the Gulf of Mexico, St. Pete Beach Art Institute, Sun Fiesta and others.  Stamp honours include placing in the South Carolina stamp contest two different years and second place in the Florida Lobster stamp competition.  In 1996 she was awarded the Florida Wildlife Expo John Seerey-Lester Scholarship and in 1999 one of Sandra's paintings was selected for Arts For the Parks Top 200 and another for Top 100.

Sandra's original paintings and limited edition prints have been exhibited at the Southern Maryland Wildlife Festival, Patuxent Wildlife Art Show, International Miniature Show, Southern Coast Miniature Show, Smithsonian National Zoo Show in Washington, DC, Florida Wildlife Expo, and Sarasota Wild Autumn Art Expo.

Her work is found in private and corporate collections in the US such as the Holland-Knight Law Firm, as well as in other countries including Canada, England and Germany.