Artist Statement

Hi, I’m Sandra — a Birmingham-based Black female surrealist, making cheeky, bold, and bostin’ collages that get people talking (and maybe a little jealous). I’m best known for my digital botanical creations, blending homegrown flowers with snapshots of Brum’s streets and architecture.

After more than a decade in the Contour Industry, I swung back to my first love — art — during the COVID-19 pandemic. That moment reignited my passion for visual storytelling, rooted in personal experience and an eye for the overlooked beauty in everyday life.

Floral crowns are my signature motif: tiny reminders to slow down, notice, and appreciate the details we often miss. I fuse candid, textural photography (shoutout to Terry O’Neill vibes) with delicate, romantic botanical influences à la Mary Delaney. The result? Surreal collages where realism flirts with whimsy, and city streets meet flower beds in unexpected harmony.

Every piece is an invitation to pause and see the familiar in a new light — whether it’s a flower you’ve grown yourself or a street corner you walk past every day.

My mission? To sprinkle a little calm, wonder, and inspiration into daily life… and, of course, show the world WHY? Because! "Birmingham is BEAUTIFUL."

Plant lovers, city souls, country hearts, expats — welcome to my surreal Brum botanical world.