My name is Sandra Bartels and I make animal drawings with pastels and pastel pencils. After the Graphic Lyceum Utrecht, I worked for years in the advertising and started with realistic animal drawings in 2016. I am self-taught and have further developed my pastel technique in recent years.

I have had the opportunity to exhibit in London, The Mall Gallery and became a finalist in 2019 and 2020 at Wildlife Artist of the Year - David Shepherd Foundation. In addition, I have sold several works within the Netherlands but also abroad. I work on commission, mostly pets but also wildlife. I like to work in a detailed and realistic way, especially capturing the personality and expression of the animal is important to me. Look at my portfolio where you can see pets and wildlife examples.