Tell me it’s ok. Western Watercolor in Progress by Debbie Flood

Here is the progress on Tell me it’s ok 14.5 x 11 Watercolor on 300 lb Arches Watercolor paper.

This is coming along so well. As I add more shadows, the glow starts to happen. I’ll be working more on the background, ground and field areas, and the saddle. Then there is finishing off the reins, and the bridle. I’ll probably work up the lower half of the jeans too.

It takes many glazes of color to get the right depth, of rich color and shadows. Each glaze has to wait for the paper to dry, before washing another over it.

I’m taking pre-orders for Professional Limited Edition Prints of 50.

The prints will be professionally printed on Arches Velvet Watercolor Paper. One inch white border around the 14.5 x 11 image. Hand signed and numbered. $75.00 each plus Maine Tax, for Maine residents, plus shipping. Ships flat.

I launched an all new website this week! I really like this one. It features my Western/Equine Work and the Belfast’s Past Series. Professional Prints are listed, as well as an about me page, Exhibits, and Gallery representation. I hope you enjoy it. http://www.debfloodart.com

 

Debbie

http://www.debfloodart.com

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Watercolor Progress on Western Horse and Cowgirl “Tell me it’s ok” by Debbie Flood

 

See….I have been working! This is a new watercolor that I started last week, I think. I get painting and the weeks all mesh together and time flies and I lose track of where I am on the calendar!

The title of this one is Tell me it’s ok. Watercolor on Arches 300lb paper.

Size: 14.5 x 11

The photo at the top of this post is where I have left off, on the progress for today. And I’ll be back at it tomorrow. I ‘m having trouble pulling my eyes away from this one. I love the colors, the composition and the story. The whole package! I took the reference photo here in Maine, at a horse show, and placed them in the New Mexico Landscape. This young lady was working with this horse, and taking him through the trail class, getting used to scary things, such as tarps and orange cones, that could jump up and eat him! I loved the communication that was going on between the two of them. So much trust was being learned that day.

Thank you for watching and reading.

Debbie Flood

http://www.debfloodart.com

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International Museum of Art of El Paso, Sun Bowl Exhibit 2011 by Debbie Flood

I’m very pleased to announce that three of my watercolors were accepted into the International Museum of Art of El Paso, Sun Bowl Exhibit 2011. El Paso Texas. November 4 ~ December 31, 2011.

This is a mile stone for me! Why ?, you ask? , I have entered this exhibit in the past, (Artists are allowed to enter three works to be juried by a Museum Committee) and I’ve only been able to get one out of the three accepted. This year, all three were accepted! That’s huge for me!

The three paintings that have been accepted are:

Grumpy Draft Watercolor

Rumbles in the sky Watercolor

The climb Watercolor

If you click on the photos above, they will enlarge for better viewing. Just remember to click on your ‘back’ button, to come back to this Blog.

Thank you for reading my fun news.

~Debbie

http://www.debfloodart.com

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‘Whispers on the wind’ Watercolor of Gray-White Quarter Horse in New Mexico by Debbie Flood

                     

‘Whispers on the wind’ 12 x 18 Watercolor

$800.00 No Frame

$1,200.00 Framed.

The end of June, 2011, I was in Angel Fire New Mexico, riding a great horse through the National Forests and Mountains of Angel Fire and over looking Eagle Nest Lake. What a gorgeous day that was. Filled with magic for me. Something like a Cinderella Story. The Prince of the story was the place, horses and Gallery Exhibit for me. 

This painting isn’t the horse that I rode, but it is one that was at the Ranch that day. Gorgeous white-gray Quarter Horse. The wind was blowing up dust devils and this horse was on the watch and listening for something in the wind.

~Debbie

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‘Angels walk among us’ Southwestern Woman and Horses Watercolor by Debbie Flood

 

                

‘Angels walk among us’ 19 x 22 inch Watercolor on 300lb Arches Watercolor paper.

Isn’t that the truth! Angels walking among us. It’s funny how I wasn’t able to think of a title until this painting was completed. Sometimes things happen like that. But this woman is so graceful in her life, that when I thought of her, that’s what I thought of. And with the horses in the background, to me they are angels too. Horses have saved so many people, from so many things.

I have signed this painting, but I still may tweak a few little things before sticking the “Done” label on it.

When you are interested in either this original, or Prints of this painting, please send me an email debflood@debfloodart.com

Just the other day, when I went out to my mailbox, I had a “winners” Check in the box! My watercolor painting ‘Knot listening’ won Third Place in the 35th International Bank Exhibit, Raton, New Mexico. That was a fun and proud moment!

Thank you for following along, and collecting my art!

~Debbie Flood

http://www.debfloodart.com

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