The Man’s Land

 

Letting Go

A new old painting.An oil painting that has been sitting in my studio for about a year now which I never finished. A friend suggested I put a coat of varnish on it and crop the areas that were not finished and be done with it. So I did and it seemed to have worked.

 

Letting Go - 36x36 oil on linen

My book is here!

My book is ready and available from Blurb!

 
 
 

    SANDRA FLOOD some paintings by Sandra Flood
 
I have received my hardcover copy with the dust jacket and it looks fantastic!

I chose the hard cover only because I feel it is sturdier and I like having the dust jacket but soft and hardcover copies have the same premier quality paper. Blurb does an amazing, professional job for the self publisher and I would recommend any artist out there to use them.The book has 72 pages with 69 color photos of paintings and details. I write a bit about my process in the beginning of the book. On some of the paintings I write about the colors I used, techniques and/or the story behind the painting.

To make the books more affordable ( Blurb is a bit pricey) I am enclosing a link to Blurb coupons that will give you 15% - 25% off. If you have never ordered a book from Blurb before you can take advantage of their 25% off INTRO coupon. Blurb Coupons Here!

The Hound and The Sea and a few things!

It has been a while since I have posted anything on this blog. Seems like there are so many virtual things to keep up with! I will be regularly posting on my Sandra Flood FB Page which you can like HERE and only occasionally on this blog. I also have some new prints available HERE.

Enjoy the season which will be upon us before you know it!

 

The Hound and The Sea

12x12 oil on linen

The Last Night on Raven Hill

The Last Night On Raven Hill

20x20 oil on linen

And never to return to that hill again.

Greyhound Prints Available

                                                                        THE GIRLS

Prints of some of my greyhound paintings are available to help raise money for Greyhound Friends of New Jersey. They can be viewed and purchased here.

MIA AGAIN!

It has been a very busy winter with a number of commissions. Some things I haven't painted in a very long time and some things I have never painted!

A couple of commissions below.

                                                               "The Colors of My Night"

                                                                     48x32 oil on linen

                                                                          "The Journey"
                                                                        18x18 oil on linen

                                                                 "The Sea That I Knew"
                                                                     48x32 oil on linen

I loved doing the swimming elephant and I think I may do some more swimming animals. Really fun to do!

And....a  piece I just finished for myself. Which was making me dizzy at times!

                                                                          "Lookin' Up"
                                                                      18x18 oil on linen

Your invited! Allison Malafronte, a senoir editor for American Artist magazine, has curated a show "Converge" in NYC and has invited 31artists, including myself to participate. A catalog of the show is available here.

Looking Back

Looking Back 12x12 oil on linen

Owning a rescued greyhound I have a real love for the breed. Enjoy "Looking Back"!

MIA

I have been missing in action! Busy, busy busy! Here are a few new paintings and a photo of my small gallery I have opened in my hometown of Frenchtown,NJ.

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 Sandra Flood Fine Art- with Kai my greyhound

                                               Orlando- oil on linen 12x16

MoMo- oil on linen 12x12

Orlando is based on the character in Virginia Wolf's book of the same, Orlando.MoMo is my long gone and never to be forgotten tuxedo cat. He was such a rascal!

Both paintings are sold. Enjoy!

For Otis; Artemis and the Hare plus something different!

 For Otis; Artemis and the Hare  20x20 oil on linen

Artemis was a greek goddess and one of her jobs was to be a protector of prey animals. She was so angry at Greek sailors who killed a hare and her babies, that she delayed them from going to the battle at Troy. Otis is my very good friends rabbit. So I dedicate this to you Otie!

The Wall  8x10 oil on linen

Something I very rarely paint, a building, But it was a very relaxing exercise!

Show Coming Up February 25th.

If you happen to live or be in the area please stop by. I will be exhibiting a few new pieces! Info for the New Hope Center for the Arts can be found here.

A Nice Surprise

A Mr./Ms. F. Fiorellino made this lovely video of some older work! How sweet and a big thank-you! I never seem to have the time to do something like this.

A Happy Holiday Wish!

 My greyhound Kai in flight!

Prints Available

Framed and matted Giclee prints on archival materials are now available for these pieces, here!  "Look Away" is also offered in a  signed limited edition of 200 in a larger size from the other prints and on higher quality archival paper, here. 

Diana

Look Away

         
                                                 

                                                     

     Mam'selle

And a Few More....

A few more pieces! "On the Prowl" was a quick study using my greyhound. She does not look as ominous in real life!

Blue Amy 12x12 oil on linen

Lara 12x12 oil on linen

 On The Prowl 9x13 oil on board

Enjoy!!

Just a few Paintings!

Well I certainly have not been keeping up with posting but life really gets in the way! I just don't know how people keep up with it everyday. So I have a few  paintings to post now and should post a few more tomorrow!

                                         The Italians 12x12 oil on linen

                                        Kyle's Glory 12 x12 oil on linen

Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists

Bill

Bill is King for a Day!Oil on linen, 9x12.
Another from the "Headgear" series.

Gardening

Getting things in order with the garden and will be posting new "Headgear" in a couple of weeks. I just looooove workin' in dirt!

Look Away

"Look Away" another piece from my "headgear" series. when I finish twenty or more of these I plan to make a small limited edition book.

Mam'selle

Once again it has been a while but here is a painting from my Headgear series, a small group of paintings of people in hats. I have always loved the Napoleonic period of "headgear" so I have a few portraits of people in bicorn hats.

Woodworking Video

Here is a video of a pretty cool project my husband is working on for our  dear friend and a true lover of the arts Liz Gilbert. That's little red Zipper getting into the act! Enjoy!

Bringing Them Home

Bringing Them Home  oil on linen 24x36

One looking back to what was and one looking forward to what will hopefully be a much better life. A painting dedicated to those wonderful creatures, the rescued greyhound

Win This Painting

                            

Win this painting and help rescue a greyhound! I have donated this painting for a raffle to the Greyhound Friends of New Jersey to help raise funds for their Prison Foster Program.

If you have any interest in the raffle you can go to the GFNJ website here.If you scroll down you will see the piece and you can download the raffle forms and mail it in with a check to:

GFNJ

PO Box 4416

Cherry Hill, NJ

08034

                                                

Women Painting Women

The show, Women Painting Women at Robert Lange Studios/Gallery was a success. I am so sorry I could not make it but there is a video walk through of the show for all to watch here.

My two little pieces are at the very beginning. There was a tremendous amount of fabulous work by fifty women artists from around the country.Enjoy!

Wow! Has it been that long????

I guess it has! I have been busy, busy, busy. I don't know how people are able to blog as often as they do because I just don't seem to have the time!

Well, I have a few new paintings and two of the pieces will be featured in a group show "Women Painting Women" at the Robert Lange Studios/Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina. The two pieces are:

Ali's Back

12x12 o/l

Just Another Day

12x12 o/l w/ white gold leaf

This next painting is also of my wonderful model Alison.

I have used her over the years and she is just the best. Ali is a dancer, and a young actress in the theater. She knows how to give the attitude you are looking for!

Ali's Home Again

20x20 o/l

Hope this post turned out alright. I am a bit rusty!

The Head of Bob aka Dutchboy

A very good friend of my husband and I who lives in New Mexico. He has one of the greatest faces to paint and I finally got around to painting it. Not only a great face but one of the greatest people we know! So sorry we are so far away!

This is an oil on linen, 12x12.

A Sister's Path

A Sister's Path   

20x20 oil on linen   

I always start a figure piece by making sure the face is going to work. That is always the hardest part and since my work has very little else then the figure, it has to be a face that is going to grab you, keep you interested and wondering just what is going on.

I can't say how one paints emotion in a face.I think that it is just something that happens through the artists own unconscious ability.

I used in this painting burnt sienna, yellow ochre, cobalt blue, some cadmium red, a blue/grey and cremintz white for the face and hair. Actually I used all those colors plus raw umber for the rest of the piece too.

A painting for all of you with sisters! I am a sister to three brothers but I have none myself and always wondered what it would be like.

Little Davy

                                        

This is one of my mother's little brothers back in what was probably 1955. It is 9x9 and an oil on linen mounted on board.

I plan on doing more of Davy, who is now David, because he was such a strange looking little boy that I just have to paint him for my series of old family movies.

I think it was the glasses that made him look so strange when he was young. He was probably about four here and had these coke bottle glasses that were always crooked or taped up where they had broken. Anyway, he is a treasure trove of work waiting to happen! By the way he did grow up to be a good looking man!

As with most of my other paintings my palette was limited. This time I used yellow ochre, burnt umber, burnt sienna cobalt blue and a touch of cad red medium plus black and white.

The painting always seems to go much faster when you are working on a hard surface even though you are still painting on linen. I also tend to get a little more detail oriented when working on the board.

This series is a bit of a change for me. It is forcing me to put other things in my paintings beside the figure or an animal which I really don't like to do. I love other artist's work that can incorporate all kinds of things in a painting but it always feels unnatural for me to do it. My eye is always seeing less is more in my paintings or maybe I could be just plain lazy!