Watercolor paintings, Galveston travel, and novels by artist Elena Sandovici — daily art blog.
September 8th marks the anniversary of the Great Storm of 1900 here on Galveston Island. This tragic event has inspired many stories and fictional accounts, including the story of the two horses that survived by going upstairs in a mansion. This new painting by Elena Sandovici depicts these two storm survivor horses.
Let’s close out summer with a Labor Day Art Sale. Here are a few favorite paintings that are offered to you at a special price through Labor Day.
New acrylic painting of the full moon, palm trees, and the night sky over Galveston Island.
In this blog post I talk about the new hippocampi (sea dragons!) installed upon the roof of the Bishop’s Palace on Galveston Island.
My watercolor homage to Dolly Parton whi was a wonderful person and who will be greatly missed.
A blog post about being an introvert to go with a watercolor of a horse standing by itself staring into the distance.
This post talks about how I came to write historical fiction, considering that this is not my favorite book genre. I do, sometimes enjoy it, though. In this post I discuss what makes a historical fiction novel enjoyable to me and what makes me not like it.
This blog post contains the artist statement for Pink by the Pool, a new series of paintings by Elena Sandovici as well as a bunch of random thoughts.
In this blog post I reflect on reading Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum and on what makes a book enjoyable to read.
The Mare in the Mansion is a short story by Maria Elena Sandovici in which Fiona, one of the two horses that survived the Great Storm of 1900, narrates the experience in her own voice.