Sandy Shepherd has been carving wood for the past 60 years, all of which he hand paints. Sandy studied art while in high school, as well as at Lowell Textile Institute, New England School of Art and the DeCordova Art Museum. He also attended U.S.A.F.I courses in art at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Tokyo while stationed on Guam.

Sandy specializes in carving duck decoys and copies of houses from your photos. He also does over-the-door strips consisting of eight old buildings from Westford and surrounding towns. He also creates cartoon figures and Swedish folk art, all of which are cut out of aspen and painted by hand.