Founded Art Box Studio in Upland, CA in 1993, where she teaches, exhibits her art, hosts art workshops and creates her own work. She has received numerous awards and in 2008 received Signature Membership from the National Watercolor Society. Her work also has been published in art books and art magazines.

Riverside Art Museum. Chaffey Community Museum of Art and the Inland Empire Museum of Art have acquired Sylvia's art for their museum's permanent collections.