Order deadline of february 28, 2009 for the Book: Children & their 4-legged friends, a series of watercolor paintings & poems.

Order your 'First Printing' now up until February 28, 2009 to be delivered by Easter and in time for Mother's Day!!! Orders are taken on Debbie Flood's website at: http://www.debfloodart.com or email Debbie at debflood@debfloodart.com
This book houses 40 of the best children and horse paintings that Debbie created between the years of 2004 and 2007. Many are from the Waldo County Riding and Driving club, Belfast, Maine Horse shows. Others are from the Joy Valley Riders Horse shows in Knox, Maine. And still others are from Debbie's own past with horses, including her father as a child!
If you are a fan of Debbie Flood's children with horses paintings, you won't want to miss this rare book!
This book also houses 14 new poems that Debbie wrote herself! Each poem is written for the painting or paintings that they are grouped with. They range from the fantasies that little horse crazy girls dream about, to the spiritual representation that the horse stands for and how Debbie feels about horses from her past. A true treasure of a book if you love horses, art and children.

Papercutting Done and Rain Is Pouring Down

What a grey day! My studio is cozy and dry... and I am glad to say that the latest cutting is done.
It is a scene that depicts what the American Saddllebred is bred to do...go on pleasure rides with style! The idea for this cutting came during my Kentucky trip and the Show of Breeds at the Kentucky Horse Park. The image measures 8 1/2" x 10" and is cut from one piece of paper. A labor of love. It is already up on my website.
Kyle is supposed to kiss us today in Downeast Maine with high winds and rain. The rain is coming down now...the winds come later tonight, I guess. I just finished taking down our summer awning that shades our back deck. Six years ago today we moved into our cottage here in Morrill. A few days later we had a big storm with high winds and rain. The awning that was on the house when we bought it, ripped and shredding ..I don't want a rerun of that, thank you. So down comes the awning today before the storm. The slant of the sun is lower now anyway so we don't really need the awning to shade the house...now we need the sun to spill into the living room to warm the house on cooler days.

Here in Morrill the tree colors are starting to change.....the red maple leaves and the yellow birch..and my favourite of all... the larch or tamarack trees. Today is promising rain...I am working in the studio...finished this watercolor and am working on the papercut. There is another watercolor almost done, drying before I go into it with more detail and color.
The papercut is of a Saddlebred. I think this is the first cutting of a Saddlebred, under saddle, that I have done. I have done cuttings of them being driven. I should get it done soon, if I don't get sidetracked,which seems to be the problem these days. I have too many ideas going and need more hours.
The above watercolor [ sized 8 x 12 1/2" ] is of a scene behind scenes at Keeneland race track seen last summer. I was so taken with the guys who are the real care givers to the race horses....the grooms and exercise riders. This is a sort of study for a bigger work that I plan on doing at some point.
Now back to the cutting...............
But first....
Here is a shot of my gardens with the last of color........as seen from my studio!