Salander owned and directed the internationally renowned Salander-O’Reilly Galleries in New York City for the entire 40 years of its existence. He presented over 600 exhibitions to the public over that period of time, including the work of artists such as Rembrandt, Donatello, Bernini, Corot, Tiepolo, Pollock, Gorky, de Kooning, Titian, Tintoretto, Constable, Delacroix, Géricault, Bonnard and many others.

He has written extensively on the subject of art and is also a working artist whose work has been the subject of many one-man shows in both museums and commercial galleries. His work is owned by museums such as the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, etc.

He believes that his work as a working artist and an art dealer has put him in a unique position to understand art in a way few others have. The father of seven lives and works in Duchess County, New York. He is also a poet.