Sandi Maurer

Artist statement

Making art is a meaningful process inspired by everyday life.  I love to bring the seen and unseen into form using color, shape, figure, narrative, and whimsy.

About

Sandi has a BA in Art Studio from Sonoma State University 1984, with an emphasis in drawing. She was primarily influenced by classes in ceramics with Kay Armstrong, and monoprints and mixed media with Inez Storer. 

After college, under the name "DruBy Woo”, she created and sold whimsical ceramic figures at the Valley Ford View Finder, Bodega Landmark Studio, Quicksilver Mine Company and Wild Things in Sonoma County and at Virginia Brier Gallery in San Francisco. 

In 1989 she designed a set of ceramic stones called “Lightstones” that represent different spiritual qualities. She marketed and sold them to New Age gift stores all across the country. She made and sold the Lightstones for 16 years.

In 2010 she pursued her childhood love and started painting with acrylics. In 2021 she joined the Art Workshop of Western Sonoma County (AWS) which has been a source of support and inspiration. Currently she’s painting abstracts, figures, and making the whimsical ceramics.

Sandi uses color and form as a means of emotional and spiritual expression. Her work, whether vibrant paintings or whimsical sculptures, serve as a window into our collective human experience.. She creates art that invites the viewer to contemplate the deeper meanings of life, connection, and the human spirit.

Artist Resume

Education
Solano Community College, Associate of Arts degree general studies, 1981;  University of South Carolina, at Columbia student exchange program, 1982; Sonoma State University (SSU), Bachelor of Arts degree Art studio, emphasis drawing, 1984;  Santa Rosa Junior College classes in monotype, etching 1995-1998.

Art Related Experience
University banner designer 1981-1983;  SSU Art gallery assistant 1982-1983; SSU ceramic assistant (Kay Armstrong) 1983-1984; Various commercial work: window painting, murals and display work;   Artist in Residence: Analy High School, Sebastopol California ceramic parade project 1994; Created and marketed handmade, hand painted ceramic Lightstones to stores across the United States and Australia, 1989 to 2007.

Exhibitions

Words and Letters Santa Rosa Arts Center 2026; Livery Co-Work space group show 2026; Small Works Juried show Graton Gallery 2025; Members Show, Santa Rosa Arts Center 2025; “All That Glitters” Santa Rosa Arts Center 2025; AWS Fall Art Show Finley Center, Santa Rosa 2025; Livery Co Work, Sebastopol May 2025; “A Touch of Red” juried Graton Gallery May 2025; Livery Co-Work Sebastopol Fall 2024; Coffee and Moore Sebastopol, Fall 2024; “RoShamBo!” juried Graton Gallery 2024; 13 on the Wall, Rohnert Park 2024; AWS Apple Blossom Art Show Sebastopol 2022-26 Best of Show 2026; Sebastopol Center for the Arts Members Show: 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022,2025; "Reclaiming the Artist" Studios South A Santa Rosa 2016; ”Food Glorious Food" juried Sebastopol (people’s choice award) 1998; ”Art from the Start" Sebastopol Center for the Arts 1998; "Artists at Play" Mill Gallery, Petaluma 1990; "Artists at Play" Santa Rosa City Hall 1989; Landmark Studio Gallery, Bodega CA, Quicksilver Mine Company Guerneville, Virginia Brier, San Francisco 1985-1989.