Sandy Alanko
Sandy Alanko
Sandy Alanko has a master’s degree in art, studied Renaissance art at a school in Florence, Italy and taught art in public and private schools for over 30 years. She has also taught at the Academy Art Museum, several classes through the St. Michaels Art League and currently teaches and mentors watercolorists in her Tilghman, Maryland Island studio.
Sandy paints primarily in watercolor, oil and pastel in a contemporary realism style and has won numerous awards in local, regional and national shows. These include the Waterfowl Festival, Plein Air Easton-Local Color, St. Michaels Art League shows, the Working Artists Forum and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
She is an avid conservationist, and her property is a certified Wildlife Habitat. Sandy is also part of the Master Naturalist Program at Adkins Arboretum. She loves to camp in wild, natural places and explore our state’s beautiful rivers by kayak. She hopes that her artwork inspires people to learn about, cherish and protect our precious wild heritage.
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