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Sandra Forbush's career as a portrait painter brings together the diverse elements of her life-as a young art student, a professional model, a mother and wife, and an active horsewoman-onto one canvas. This flurry of activities and careers diverted Sandra, who grew up in Maryland and studied at the Maryland Art Institute, away from her artistic aspirations until life took another sharp turn when her days in the saddle were ended by a car accident. She had always sketched to pass time while waiting to compete at horse shows, and as she lay recuperating from serious injuries, she felt drawn to once again study art, signing up for classes at the Corcoran School of Art and Northern Virginia Community College.
Sandra is now a busy, popular artist, working exclusively in oils. Her commissions include a long list of private clients, as well as numerous horse shows and steeplechases, which use her equestrian scenes both for their posters and program covers.
Her works have been selected for exhibit at the American Academy of Equine Art, the Dog Museum, the Beresford Gallery in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and the Museum of Hounds and Hunting. She has held one-man shows in Houston, Texas, Middleburg, Va., at the National Trust's Montpelier, and the Farmington Hunt Club as well as the Longview Gallery in Sperryville, VA.
Sandra's unique background as a horseman gives her an edge in understanding animal anatomy, observing individual traits, and adhering to correct details, just as her modeling career helps her hone in on and emphasize her human subject's most appealing features. She loves portraying children, and has a knack for incorporating impressionistic garden scenes or dramatic background and indoor lighting. She also teaches painting lessons to an active group of amateurs at her home studio at Foxhall Farm.
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Posters and Program Covers
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Juried Shows and Awards
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Other
Example Commissions Dr. Alfred Gridffin M.F.H., Warrenton, VAMr. & Mrs. Frederick Hart, Hume, VA Mr. & Mrs. Robert Aron, Keswick, VA Mr. & Mrs. Michael Aron, Charlottesville, VA Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Graham, Orlean, VA and Paris, France Audley Farm, Berryville, VA Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Arundel, The Plains, VA St. Johns West Shore Hosptial, OH Mr. Lammot duPont, Washington, DC Mrs. Steedman Hinckley, Orlean, VA and New York, NY Dr. Werner Krebser, Huntly, VA Mrs. Clarke Ohrstrom, The Plains, VA Mr. & Mrs. Robert Haskell, Martinsville, VA Judge Burke & Dr. Carole Hertz, Flint Hill, VA Mr. Larry Le Hew MFH, Rappahannock Hunt Mr. & Mrs. George Stewart, Tysons Corner, VA Mr. & Mrs. Charles Strittmatter, Hume, VA Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Aubin, Delaplane, VA Mrs. Linda Robeson, Warrenton, VA Mrs. Sandra Markus, Upperville, VA Mr. & Mrs. Mildred Fletcher Slater, Upperville, VA Mr. & Mrs. Austin Bach, Hume, VA Mr. Tony Trujillo, Washington, DC Mrs. Jean Ellsworth, Marshall, VA Mr. & Mrs. Louis Herring, Hume, VA Mrs. Helen Naylor, MA Dr. & Mrs. David Snyder, Rixeyville, VA Mr. & Mrs. Michael Williams, Washington, DC Mrs. Jackie Burke, Orlean, VA Mrs. William Osier Mr. & Mrs. Jim Fletcher Massie, Amissville, VA Mrs. Louise Eastham, Ben Venue, VA Mrs. James Jamieson, Sperryville, VA Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Kummli, Huntly, VA Mr. & Mrs. John H. Mears III, Annapolis, MD and FL Mr. & Mrs. Craig Banderoff, Denali Stud, Paris, KY Col. & Mrs. Stuart Willis, Washington, VA Mr. Bob Ashcom, Warrenton, VA Miss Elizabeth Masi, Seattle, WA Mrs. Lynn Brown, Charlottesville, VA Mrs. Nancy Somoza, Houston, TX Mr. & Mrs. Richard Aulebach, Charlottesville, VA Mr. Chuck Akre, Hume, VA. Mrs. Kay Redditt, Warrenton, VA Mr. Blair Howard, Warrenton, VA Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Oare, Warrenton, VA Mr. and Mrs. Marc Cognan, Flint Hill, VA Angela Anonelle, Middleburg, VA Mr. and Mrs. Chris Johns, Sperryville, VA Mr. V.R. Shackelford III, Orange, VA |