International from the outset, Sandra was born in Montclair, NJ, but raised in the south of France, with her English mother, an art-lover, who named her after Sandro Botticelli. As a young child, she was surrounded and influenced by artists, both well-known (such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Claude Schurr, et al) and unknown. The beauty of the Mediterranean region also contributed to her passion to draw and paint. She traveled the world, including the United States during some of her college years, married an  internationally renown musician and moved to Iran. Sandra continued her art education, at Tehran School of Art, after having graduated from the Academie Julien, in Paris.
Inspired by Colorado’s scenic beauty, she started her landscape series in 1998, when she moved to Colorado Springs. In addition to the landscapes, she also paints works that show another dimension of art.