ABOUT SANDRA Sandra's Bio Sandra's Resume Sandra Massie Forbush Bio Sandra Massie Forbush 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 was named Hall of Fame artist by the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, and has held one-man shows in Houston, Texas, Middleburg, Va., at the National Trust's Montpelier, and the Farmington Hunt Club. 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. Sandra Massie Forbush Resume Posters and Program Cover ArtistFairfax Races2003 Official Artist Montpelier Races,2003 Official Artist Gold Cup, May 2002 Official Artist,Grand Prix Jumper Classic,Great Meadow,2002 Smithsonian Animal Conservation Center, Fall Festival, 2001 Foxfield Races, 2001 Old Dominion Hounds Point-to-Point, 2001, 2002, 2003,2004,2005 Houston Polo Poster, 2000 Middleburg Horse Show Cover, 2000 Upperville, VA Horse Show Covers and Posters, 1992 through 1999 Middleburg Classic Horse Show Cover and Poster, 1999 Stratford Hall Coaching Poster, 1999 Drawing for ‘Lost Hound’ by Bob Ashcomb, 1999 Keswick, VA Horse Show Poster, 1998 Fall International Gold Cup Poster, 1997 Atlanta Steeplechase Poster, 1995 Missing Children”s Polo Benefit Poster, 1995 Fall Montpelier Hunt Races Poster, 1994 Museum of Hounds and Hunting Poster, 1994   Publications Article Elan Magazine- About the Artist- 2005 Picture of Painting featuredin Polo Magazine, Sporting Art Edition, 2004,2005 Article Virginia Sportsman -about the artist, 2003 Article - Mid -Atlantic Thoroughbred - about the artist,2003 Museum of Hounds and Museum of Hounds and Hunting Greeting Cards 2001,2003 Marquis Who’s Who of American Women, 2000 - 2001- 2002 -2003-2004 -2005 Photo of painting and story - The Equine Image, 1999 Article - Fauquier Times, 1999 Cover - Chronicle of the Horse, 1998- 2000 - 2003 Article - Covertside, 1999 Article - Fauquier Life, 1994 Cover - Middleburg Life, 1994   Juried Shows and Awards American Academy Founders Award at juried show 2004 Single artist show, Long View Gallery,2003,2004 American Academy ofEquine Art,Juried Member Show 1999, 2003,2004,2005 American Academy of Equine Art, Associate Member 2001 Smithsonian Conservation Center Fall Gala, 2001 One-man Show, Somoza Sims Gallery, Houston, Texas, 2000 One-man Show, Montpelier Museum, Va. The Dog Museum, St. Louis, Mo. Beresford Gallery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Museum of Hounds and Hunting, 1999 ‘At the Dog Show,’ Wichita, Kansas