Today we’d like to introduce you to Dorothea Sandra.
Hi Dorothea, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I live in a small town in Northern Michigan, and I have become an international artist.
From one online gallery in Paris, France, I have shipped out (from Rogers City, Michigan) paintings to France, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and many locations throughout the United States. I am currently in 45 international art curations, and, in addition to being in galleries in Michigan, I am also with a gallery in London and on Artsy.
I have been listed as 1 of 61 American artists to follow, interviewed by a brain research team at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, had my art appear in and on the cover of Healthcare Design Magazine, appeared in House & Garden magazine UK, was the featured artist at the 2025 SRI Sustainability Research and Innovation International Congress in Chicago, and recently was invited to paint in Shanghai, China (all expenses paid) for three months in 2026.
I paint abstract art with modern themes of smart city technology and sustainability, but I am also a trained evidence-based design (EDAC) certified artist who loves to paint happy florals and landscapes, especially areas around Northern Michigan. Medical people from around the world read my blogs about evidence-based design art and medicine.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
When I first started out painting evidence-based design florals, many people did not understand what I was doing. They had been trained to follow art that emphasizes beauty rather than human health and healing. Evidence-based design art is art based on authentic medical and scientific studies. The goal is not to create the most beautiful work of art. The goal is to create art that triggers happiness chemicals (for example, dopamine) in the brain.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I like living in Northern Michigan. It’s clean, quiet, and has beautiful scenery. Quite often, Lake Huron appears so calm and still. As an evidence-based design (EDAC) certified artist, this has inspired much of my lakeside art. In the warmer months, flowers bloom in fields and in gardens. This has also been the inspiration for so many of my floral paintings. I wrote about this in my book, 100 Days of Happy Happy Art, Evidence Based Design.
What has been the most important lesson you’ve learned along your journey?
I have been criticized in the past for not focusing on a single art category. I didn’t listen and kept following my heart. As time went by, I realized that there is one, single message at the source of most of my paintings. Whether it’s a Dorothea Sandra abstract, floral, or landscape, people have recognized and felt the love and care for human health and happiness that I paint within the art.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://dorotheasandraart.com
- Facebook: https://Facebook.com/dorotheasandraart
- LinkedIn: https://LinkedIn.com/in/dorotheasandraart
- Other: https://www.singulart.com/en/artist/dorothea-sandra-36937
