My passion is art. I love drawing and work in most mediums and with many subjects. Anything that catches my eye — color, light, structure, tone. I like bold, unmistakable images even in abstract.
Sandy
I created 15 gouache paintings about flowers and faeries one image for each chapter. ”The Frost King” one story in a book written by Louisa May Alcott. It was published once (Flower Fables) by Hurst & Company, circa 1900
I painted a 16 page story November 2024 about an old oak tree, Trees are one of my favorite things to draw. So this was a fun project. My apologies but Copyright laws prevent me from including the story at this time.
Holiday designs I have been creating at least one new design every year for Christmas for many years, my way to create, share and celebrate the holiday season. I draw what I am feeling. Rudolph with impending cartoon calamity, was the year of my divorce. The cut paper Angel, I was grieving the loss of a dear friend. During the COVID pandemic, while we all were quarantined, the penguins became welcome company. I live near the ocean and I love winter and the sounds of birds and geese, my “Rookery”. I imagine what they are saying to each other. “Hey, how’s Mable and the kids”? “Uncle Bernie doing okay”? “Ya Ya Ya”. A yearly gathering. I have fun creating and drawing and I hope you enjoy my humor and imagination. You can purchase on this shops website packages of 6 cards and envelopes to share with your loved ones and friends.
T shirt design These designs take me a week or more to create. I work on large paper and carefully design the composition. Two of my favorite things to draw are trees and birds. When I had my shop in Maine with my Mom, I created the Chickadee. I used dozens of reference photographs so that I did not copy a photograph and I used the Pine tree out of the window of the shop as reference. I start with a 2h pencil to rough it in and then as the week progresses I use darker and darker pencils 2b up to 6b to get that rich lithographic feel to the drawing.
“Where Is Home?”
My friend and published author, June Truitt wrote “Where is home?” A delightful story about a squirrel who jumps into a truck of leaves that drives far from home.
The story involves his efforts to try to find his way back home, a one year period depicted with the different seasons. It is a fun and fanciful adventure of a squirrel, that I see as a picture book. I have included the 32 page work in progress book dummy. Not all images are finished. The finished paintings are watercolor and gouache. We would love to see this story published.
Thank you for your time, and have a great day! Sandra Dingée
