Sandra was born in a small city by the sea in Southern China. Her father William Shih-Chieh Hung was an oil painting artist. She grew up with his paintings, art books and stories. Her father taught her how to draw when she was a little girl, and  told her that she was very talented. She dreamed of becoming an artist and traveling painting around the world ever since.

In 1979, Sandra and her family immigrated to the USA from Hong Kong, and settled down in the San Francisco Bay Area. To full fill the earthly duties of being a wife and a mother while maintained a full time job, she put her dream away for more than 20 years.

In 2005, when her youngest daughter was in college, she started to paint again. Her mediums are oil, pastel and charcoal. She paints portraits, figures,  landscapes and still-lifes. In every moment of everyday life, there is something that inspires her to paint.

Exhibitions:

City of San Pablo – Plein Air Exhibit
San Pablo Community Center, California
May 19 – July 6, 2022

Vital Marshes
San Pablo Community Center, California
February 12 – March 29, 2023

San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco
3489 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Monthly on going juried exhibition

Expressions Gallery
2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, California
Monthly on going juried exhibition

Renditions Art Gallery
“Small Scene”, Juried show from California Art Club
Walnut Creek, California
2014

STUDIO Gallery
Body of Work: Juried Figurative Works from California Art Club
San Francisco, CA 94109
2013

Scene on the Strait 2011
Martinez, California

Scene on the Strait 2010
Martinez, California

Marin/Scapes 2010
Escalle Winery, 771 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur

Awards:

Permanent collection of City Hall of San Pablo California.

Permanent collection of Blume House, San Pablo Historical Museum, California. 

“Turkeys In My Neighborhood” – Juror’s Choice of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery (July 2021)

‘Mother On Her Last Stage of Life’ Juror’s Choice of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (March 2018)

‘Earring’ Juror’s Choice of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (February 2018)

‘A Musician’ Juror’s Choice of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (September 2017)

‘Panhandle, San Francisco’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (December 2015)

‘Homage To My Father’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (January 2013)

‘Passionate Painter – A Self Portrait’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (September 2012)

‘Dinner at the Campsite’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (December 2011)

‘Master and Student’ Top 100 Finalists of America China Oil Painting Artists League

‘California Wine’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (Oct. 2010)

‘Longing for the Light’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (Nov. 2009)

‘Sunday in the Park’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (Dec. 2007)

‘ Legacy of the Dragon’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (Oct. 2007)

‘A Spring Song’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery – (April 2007)

Competitions:

“Red Skirt” oil on Linen, chosen by National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society NOAPS, On-Line International Fall 2018 Exhibition

“Tullee In Gold” oil on Linen, chosen by National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society NOAPS, On-Line International Spring 2018 Exhibition

“Aja” oil on canvas, chose by National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society NOAPS, On-Line International Fall 2017 Exhibition

“Connie The Waitress” oil on linen, International Competition “Women Painting Women”, Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga, TN, 2013

“Master and Student” oil on canvas, Top 100 Finalists of America China Oil Painting Artists League, 2011

Drawing ‘Thinking’- North Light Books publication Stroke of Genius 2 , October 2009.

“Christopher Cronin” oil on canvas, selected to be published in The San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Renaissance – 2012

“Tyler Moore” oil on canvas, selected to be published in The San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Renaissance – 2012

Currently a member of :

California Art Club

Portrait Society of America

San Francisco Women Artists