Sandra Leveson is one of Australia's most distinctive contemporary woman artists. This creator of Luminescent paintings has pursued her career for more than thirty years. She was born in Melbourne in 1944, studied at Caulfield Institute of Technology and the National Art School, Melbourne 1959 - 63 and taught print making at Brighton Technical College in 1965. As Senior Lecturer at Prahran College of Advanced Education, 1972 - 82, Sandra took several 12 month periods of study leave between 1974 and 1980 in the United Kingdom, Europe and New York. Sandra now works full time as a painter and printmaker in Sydney.In the 1960's she was influenced by geometric Op and in the 1970's by American Abstract Expressionism. Latterly her work has developed into an individual style that pays heed to both the European and Australian landscapes and marks her as a consummate colourist.