"California artist creates harmonious compositions. Each figure is fully realized as a self-contained expression of harmony and rhythm." "There is a warm beauty, a contemplative nature emanating from Allie's reclining, standing and seated figures".
Nancy DeCamillis, Sculptural Pursuit. Vol. 3 No. 1

Sandy Allie lives and works in El Dorado Hills, California, located in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra-Nevada Mountains. Her subject matter deals exclusively with the human figure. Drawing inspiration from the great masters Donatello, Michelangelo, Rodin as well as the broken fragments of antiquity, Allie has developed a signature of her own that seeks to represent not only the reality of the human figure but also the introspective, emotional and expressive side humanity. 'It is by working the clay through the representation of the human figure that I find my way to express the things important to me".

She began studying art in 1987 at Lake Tahoe Community College and soon found her passion in sculpture. In addition to the classical art training with strong emphasis on the human figure that she received at LTCC, Allie has studied with many prominent artists at professional workshops given throughout the United States. She has studied museum collections, architecture and sculpture in France and Italy, as well as participating in stone carving workshops and symposiums in Italy and Costa Rica.

Allie enjoys working directly from life in her favorite medium, water based clay. "While working with a model, I attempt to bring out the qualities I feel make this individual special. Often, the personality of the sculpture comes from working many hours with an individual and the energy he or she brings to the work. Later, long after the model has left the studio, the sculpture and I become free to begin our own dialogue; this is when I sculpt my response to the pose and how it makes me feel. Characteristics like crooked fingers on weathered hands or the graceful contour of a fleshy hip are things I might emphasize or exaggerate. At some point, the sculpture takes on its own personality and I realize I am no longer in charge. This is a wonderful and exciting time. From there it becomes my challenge to listen to the sculpture and allow the medium to tell my hands what to do".

Allie's sculptures and drawings have been exhibited throughout the United States. Allie and her work have also been featured in Sculptural Pursuit magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1. In 2003 she was invited to participate in the annual figure sculpting competition hosted by the National Sculpture Society and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. "Maternity", a soapstone sculpture by Allie is on permanent display at Barton Memorial Hospital, South Lake Tahoe, California, and many of her sculptures are in private collections throughout the United States, Spain and Germany.