Alexandra Saunders at Infusion

Alexandra Saunders is a wildlife artist and an impassioned wildlife conservationist living and working in the
San Francisco Bay Area. Her paintings are drawn from her love of the natural world and are intimate close-ups
of the animals she so fervently is working to protect. Her work viscerally communicates the beauty and wonder
surrounding us.

As a young child her family moved from Tennessee to Java, exposing her to a world full of wonder and mystery..

She expressed this in her art, and as a young student, worked as a biological illustrator receiving her B.S. at UC
Berkeley in Conservation of Natural Resources. As the recipient of a coveted Lawrence National Laboratories
Fellowship she worked as a Research Scientist in Energy and Environment and pursued her Ph.D in Wildland
Resource Conservation studying orangutans and the deleterious effects the mining and forestry industries were
having on their habitats.

After University her path took her strangely into the world of finance and commerce. It wasn’t until a family
tragedy struck some 8 years later that she began reconnecting with her love of nature and art. Her drawings
became her personal grief journal portraying the natural world she yearned to return to.

20 years later she was awarded the prestigious Orangutan Republik Foundation’s Pongo Award for her work
helping orangutans. When the world pandemic hit, she finally was able to step away from the business world and
immerse herself in the world of nature and wildlife conservation art.

For her, it has been the greatest gift; today her days are filled with painting portraits of animals that have stories
to tell. Proceeds from the sale of her art are donated to wildlife sanctuaries and conservationists working in the
field. Each portrait benefits animals in crisis.

Discover more at www.alexandrasaunders.com, Instagram @alexandrasaundersart, and Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/alexandrasaundersart/