About the Artist

Artist Statement

Sandra Kreniski Greaney is a New Zealand based artist whose creative practice spans painting, illustration, motion graphics, 2D animation, 3D modelling and animation, game design, and art direction. She is passionate about creating learning materials that convey life saving messages for vulnerable communities around the world. Sandra has done this work extensively, first as a co founder of Health Songs International and now as the co founder and Art Director of Transformational Charitable Trust.

Design has been woven through her life from an early age. She creates art not simply to make a living, but as an essential way to live fully and meaningfully.

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Sandra studied in the United States during her teens and has lived and worked in the USA, Brazil, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Now a New Zealand citizen, she considers Aotearoa her home. She is deeply in love with New Zealand nature and seeks to express her unique perspective of this place through her art.

With a background in Art, Education, and Industrial Design, Sandra has always carried a deep passion for creativity. Her journey, shaped by diverse cultural experiences and global professional work, has led her to embrace painting as a way to cope with, understand, and interact with the world around her, and as a means to connect with her Creator.

A Personal Note. Why I paint now

" From a very young age, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to draw and paint. It always felt clear to me, so clear that I used to feel sympathy for people who struggled to find their path, because mine seemed unmistakable.

Although I trained in art and industrial design, life took me in other directions. I needed to make a living, and over time I set aside what had always mattered most. Like many people, I worried about security, responsibility, and practicality, and I postponed what I had always known was my calling.

Two years ago, when my husband faced a battle with cancer, that sense of “later” disappeared. I was forced to confront how fragile and finite life really is. I realised that worrying had never protected me or made anything better. And despite my doubts and fears, God had always provided anyway.

So I chose to stop delaying. There is no alternative path for me now. I have committed myself fully to painting, pursuing proficiency with the same determination I have brought to everything I have ever taken seriously. This is not a hobby or a detour, it is a return.

I am deeply grateful to those who support and encourage me along this journey."