Sandy Palasti is a contemporary abstract artist whose path to painting was anything but traditional. After a career as a pediatric ENT surgeon, she left medicine at age 45 to pursue a different kind of exploration—one rooted in color, texture, and form.

Self-taught and endlessly experimental, Sandy works in acrylics, oils, inks, and pastels, blending a scientist’s curiosity with an artist’s intuition. Her bold color choices and gestural strokes create abstract florals, figures, and landscapes that pulse with energy, memory, and emotion. Each canvas is an invitation to feel as much as to see.

Her work has been shown at The Palm Beach Show, The Hamptons Fine Art Fair, and The Other Art Fair Dallas, and is represented by Sorelle Gallery (Westport, CT), ADC Fine Art (Cincinnati), Liza Pruitt Gallery (Richmond, VA), and Five3 Gallery (Laguna Beach). Sandy lives in Charlotte with her husband and dogs, happily splitting time between her studio, hiking trails, and visits to her daughter in Austin.