After a successful career as a fine artist, I decided—at 72—that I wanted to start blogging. Since I already had a site devoted to my artwork, I chose to call my blog “Apart from my Art”. Enjoy!
We celebrated Carol Burnett's birthday at UCLA. She is an old friend of ours. I swooned meeting Tom Selleck. Here's his first commercial. Carol Burnet and her husband meet President Obama.
Step right up for a magical visit to the Escher Museum with me.. His works will amaze you plus they're in a palace in The Hague!
How I learned to take photographs for my paintings, but when the chips were down...
Evil Queen in Snow White isn’t the only one with “beauty” issues. I must confess that I am on a never-ending quest for the best makeup that will help with this aging face. Here are my picks for the top beauty gurus on YouTube.
My first BlogHer conference and my award as one of the 100 Voices of the Year, presented by Queen Latifah.
Actually, it’s a miracle. Maybe not a miracle, but the result of a lot of hard work. And not just on my blog.
How I discovered and fell in love with a Macintosh computer. And shook hands with Steve Jobs.
The story of how a 72-year old woman became a blogger.
This is all about my passion for knitting dish cloths and more.
Here is the list of my 11 guilty pleasures.
This is the true story from the producer of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan regarding the death of Spock and the threats to his family.
This moving video, "When I Come Home," honors our service men, women and their families. Those who serve, who wait for a homecoming, and those who grieve.
Sandra takes you deep into cooking country with this fine and fanciful Duck Lasagna Recipe inspired by Giuliano Bugialli.
My art gallery dealer, Marti Koplin : "Sandra, can you draw?" Sandy: “Uh, I don’t know. I haven't drawn in a long time. I’m going to have to experiment.
My art gallery dealer: “Well, I’m curating a special exhibition here at the gallery of drawings by some of the nation's best artists. I’d like to include you in the show.”
This would be a ground breaking show. There had never before been a group show solely devoted to drawings, in a commercial gallery. It was a big deal and I definitely wanted to be included.
But, I hadn’t drawn since college. I never liked drawing because I loved color. I loved painting –– squeezing out gorgeous shades of oil paint onto my palette. Mixing together unique colors. Color. But, drawing? Not so sure.