Animal sculptor Sherry Salari Sander resides in the Montana Countryside surrounded by a mini wildlife preserve, the setting for her home and studio. She draws much inspiration from animals seeking protection there as well as from extensive travel and field research ranging from the Alaskan bush to the African plains. She states, “My work represents a lifelong love affair with animals and art. Observing and interpreting animals in their natural environment reveals those subtle behaviors most worthy of telling. By incorporating habitat, I challenge my compositions to respectfully capture an animal’s interplay with nature, its gestures and personalities, hopefully, within an artful framework of balance, continuity and contrast”. Sander is a member of the Society of Animal Artists (Master Signature Artist), National Sculpture Society (Fellow), and other societies. Her work has been exhibited at the National Academy of Design, National Academy of Western Art, Prix de West, Gilcrease Museum, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Leigh Yawlkey Woodson Art Museum, and others, and is included in the permanent collections of museums around the country.​