Featured Artist Deborah Flood
Deborah Flood’s accurate yet painterly Watercolors, of Equine and Western Themed Genre, have garnered her many Museum Exhibits.
Deborah Flood was brought up on an Appaloosa Horse farm, in Maine, where she started riding at the age of 3. She continued to ride and work with the horses until her early 20′s. During those early years, she also kept drawing and painting the horse, and to this day, she still paints that love of the horse and the bonds that humans have with them.
Flood’s bright colors, yet strong attention to detail and the ability to handle watercolor with an emotional twist, along with an extensive knowledge of horse anatomy and behavior, has Collectors actively seeking her work throughout the United States and Internationally.
Flood is a prolific artist, creating a new work every week or two. She is known for whimsical yet accurate details of children and adults interacting with horses in a Western setting. Though she hails from the Eastern side of the USA, living in Maine, she is drawn to paint the Western landscape and subject matter. Her goal is to portray the emotional bond between horse, human and the land.
Flood has been traveling to New Mexico and Arizona during the summer months, to see firsthand what the land has to offer and she has come back with new insight and meaning for future paintings. Flood also has had Gallery ‘solo’ and ‘Invitational group’ exhibits, which she attended, while in those two States.
Studying the play of light on colors, out on the land, and painting everyday has brought her paintings to a new professional level. To see Deborah’s full bio, please click more.
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:
*Western Trail Art Association, Vernon, Texas, Associate Member 2012
*Moreno Valley Arts Council, Angel Fire NM. 2012
* International Guild of Realism, IGOR, Elected Full Member 2011- Current
*Founder and Administrator of the International Equine Artists. 2010 - Current
*National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY. Elected Full Member since 2007
*National Watercolor Society, Associate Member 2010-Current
* Signature Member Texas Watercolor Society 2011-Current
*Belfast Historical Society, Belfast, Maine Current
*Contemporary Fine Art International 2011- Current Professional Level
Galleries:
Duck-Trap Woodworking Gallery, Lincolnville, Maine (Wildlife & Coastal Genre) Currently Representing.
Angel Fire ArtSpace Gallery, Angel Fire, New Mexico (Western & Equine Genre) Currently Representing.
Exhibits:
Art of the American West, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, Texas July 21- August 31, 2012
Angel Fire ArtSpace Gallery Angel Fire, New Mexico. Featured Artist July 5, 2012
Texas Watercolor Society 63rd Annual Exhibit San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, Texas June 1-30 2012
Moreno Valley Arts Council, Winter Exhibit, Angel Fire, New Mexico February 2012
Old Pass Gallery Christmas Exhibit and Sale, Raton, New Mexico December 2011
International Museum of Art of El Paso, Texas “Sun Bowl Exhibit 2011” Nov 4-Dec 31, 2011
35th Annual International Bank Exhibit, Raton, New Mexico September 2011
“Featured Artist” Angel Fire ArtSpace Gallery, June 24- 30, 2011 Angel Fire, New Mexico. More than 20 works will be available during this exhibit.
Invitational Group Exhibit, Sedona Art Center Gallery, Sedona, Arizona. August 15 – 29, 2011
