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CONTEMPORARY FINE ART INTERNATIONAL
Debbie’s illustrative watercolor paintings are rendered with a use of dry brush combined with washes to create a very detailed and dynamic painting. The paint is also “lifted” from the surface to create translucent effects and details. Debbie photographs her reference, or works from images taken during the 1900’s. This is the first step in creating her timeless images of animals, children and adults interacting together and the history.
Debbie’s paintings often develop from timeless emotion and memories of herself. This emotion is then instilled in the viewer. Debbie’s paintings reach into the soul of the viewer, grabbing that special relationship between the horse and the human, bringing out the excitement, passion and love that we hold for the horse.
“Working on images, that include animals and their humans, brings me back to my childhood and growing up with horses. I couldn’t fathom the thought of anyone not having a horse, when I was a child. I lived and breathed horses and I was constantly drawing and painting them. I’m still exploring this obsession that girls and women have for horses through my art. I will never tire of trying to figure out this emotional connection that I have with the horse and the bonds that others feel with the horse.”
Debbie’s depictions of places are also created with a timeless emotion, generating questions within the viewer of her work. Often these questions are answered by the viewer when they dig a little deeper into their own experiences. The places of the past and past lives are important to Debbie as she works to bring awareness to those who were here before us.
100% acid free Museum quality, hot press and cold press, Watercolor board, as well as Arches Watercolor paper, are used for her Watercolor paintings. This lends Debbie to achieve high detail and heavy saturation of color while keeping them archival.
Studies Education:
Self taught, on going study and research.
Watercolor workshops with Carol Sebold, at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine 1987
Watercolor workshop with Maude Olson, at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine 1986
Painting and Drawing, with Anne Rowe, at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine 1985
Landscape & Portraiture in Oils, 2 Diplomas, with the Kachina School of Art, Arizona 1983-84
Professional Memberships:
*Founder and Administrator of the International
Equine Artists. 2010 - ongoing
*National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY.
Full Member
*Society of Childrens Book Writers and
Illustrators.
*National Watercolor Society, Associate Member
*Belfast Historical Society, Belfast, Maine
*Equine Art Guild 2003-2010
*Contemporary Fine Art International 2011
Professional Level
Galleries:
Duck-Trap Woodworking Gallery, Lincolnville, Maine (Wildlife & Coastal Genre)
Website: http://www.debfloodart.com
Blog: http://debbieflood.blogspot.com
Founder of: http://www.internationalequineartists.com
Email: debflood@debfloodart.com
Shows Exhibited in:
International Equine Artists Online Holiday-Winter Exhibit Dec.1, 2010- Feb. 28, 2011
International Fine Art Museum of El Paso, Texas, Sun Bowl Exhibit 2010 November 5, 2010 –December 31, 2011 Big sky dreams, watercolor
Breckenridge Fine Art Museum’s 19th Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibit: August 28-Sept 25, 2010 Breckenridge, Texas. Back in the Saddle Watercolor.
byDesign Gallery Exhibit “Downeast sails up town” August-December 2010, Bangor, Maine
Art2010 Harlow Gallery Juried Art Show May 7-30, 2010 Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
Maine Open Juried Art Show March 29-April 10 2010 Waterville, Maine
2010 Annual Member exhibit National Association of Women Artists, NY NY.
Dancing Horse Farm, Equine Art Exhibit, Lebanon, Ohio 2009.
City Art Project Gallery, Ohio, 'Spirit of the Horse Exhibit' 2009
Art at the Classic, Draft Horse Classic, Grass Valley, California 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
American Academy of Equine Art, AAEA Fall Juried Open Exhibit 2008
"Spring into Summer" National Association of Women Artist, 2008 Manhatten NY Gallery.
Invitational Grand National Rodeo and Western Art Exhibit, Cow Palace, California. 2008
New Jersey Equine Art Association, Equine Art Exhibit, New Jersey. 2008
Wild Mustang and Burro Western Art Exhibit, RockSprings, Wyoming 2007.
Carriage Factory Art Gallery, Small and miniature Art Exhibit, Newton, Kansas 2007, 2009.
Professional Awards:
2010 Grumpy Draft Watercolor. Third Place Draft Horse Classic, Art at the Classic, Grass Valley Ca.
2010 Grumpy draft Watercolor. First Place & Outstanding exhibit, Union State Fair, Union, Maine.
2010 Grumpy draft Watercolor. Third place at the Waterville downtown Sidewalk Art Juried
Competition. Waterville, Maine
2010 The next generation, American Kestrel Watercolor. First Place, Best of Show, People’s choice 2010 Maine Coast Competition, Belfast, Maine.
2010 Third Place, Maine Sportsman Show, Augusta, Maine.
2009 A feathered friend Oil on Canvas. Best in show, Dancing horse farm, Ohio.
2008 Accepted into the American Academy of Equine Art, Lexington, KY.
2007 Honorable Mention at the Draft Horse Classic, Art at the Classic, Grass Valley CA.
2010 Zebra's new day Oil on Canvas. Second Place Maine Coast Competition, Belfast, Maine
2009 First place Intown Arts Festival, Waterville, Maine
2009 Slinging mud Watercolor. Honorable Mention at the Draft Horse Classic, Art at the Classic, Grass Valley, Ca.
Many wildlife works and Seascape works, in watercolor, have taken People's Choice, First Place through Honorable mentions as well as Best in shows at the Maine Coast Competition, Belfast, Maine in the years ranging from 1999 through 2008 and 2010.
2009 Song and dance Watercolor. Third Place. Augusta Sportsman Show, Augusta, Maine.
2009 Buddies watercolor. Honorable Mention. Augusta Sportsman Show, Augusta, Maine
Publications:
Two covers for the Stable Woman Gazette. An online Magazine. 2010
2010 The Equine Art of Debbie Flood. Self published.
"Buddies" and "Song and dance" published in the book "Great Dogs, Amazing Artists" 2009 Written by Jan E. Irving. Erinrac Publications.
Painting a child a day, the first six months, Volume 1” by Debbie Flood. Self published 2009
"Snack time", on the cover of "The horse's Maine" May 2008
‘Children & their 4-legged friends, a series of watercolors & poetry, by Debbie Flood. Self Published 2008.
Juror:
Dancing Horse Farm Equine Exhibit, Dancing Horse Farm and Picture This Gallery, Lebanon, Ohio. 2010
Collectors:
Debbie Flood Originals are collected through out the United States and internationally, including
Canada, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and Australia.
Collections:
USA Morrill Maine USA Post office. Loon in mist oil on canvas
USA Morrill Maine Historical Society Museum, Morrill, Maine “Tally-Ho riders” watercolor.
Commission based work has been ongoing 1985 through 2010. Most portraits are of horses, dogs
and children.
Interviews:
Online: Equine Palette Newsletter, for the Equine Art Guild, 2010
Online: Horse Artist Interview-Debbie Flood http://www.theequinest.com/debbie-flood
Online: A world of illustration and painting by Debbie Flood
Author: Jo Murphy
Published: June 19, 2009
http://www.suite101.com/limelight_print.cfm/a_world_of_illustration_and_painting_by_debbie_f
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