Glo with Mabelene, the third horse in the Beautiful Horse of Michigan series, is nicknamed Beauty. And that she is! And her owners treat her like a queen! When I was there to photograph her, Jim and Cheryl, her owners who had nominated her for the project, adoringly looked on, lovingly watching Beauty’s every move. (Of course part of that was to prevent her from rolling because she was sparkling clean for the photo shoot — and for a show she was headed for soon after.) Yes, we did leap into action a couple times when she almost to rolled!
Here’s what her owners wrote: “Beauty is a very sweet horse and she has great markings. She is very willing and really enjoys people. We ‘Love’ her so very much. Everyone who sees her remarks about how beautiful she looks and when they meet her and find out that her personality is so sweet, they can’t help but smile and want to touch her.”
With a name like “Glo with Mabelene” I had to do something feminine and pretty for her painting, hence the pink background. It sets off her bold white and black markings nicely!
[Photos are posted at www.karenbrenner.com/blog.html]
©Copyright 2008 by Karen Brenner. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Karen Brenner’s website.
There are some horses that just take my breath away because they are awesomely beautiful. Noble Afire is one of them.
This beautiful bay Arabian Stallion was the first Michigan horse we met when we started our trek through the state. He’d been nominated by one of his owners, Ann Hernandez. She and her business partner Kristen Hornby own Weaver Arabians in St. Clair County, Michigan.
Here’s an excerpt from their nomination: “Our stallion hails from an extremely noble lineage. We, his owners, are enthralled by his wonderful movement and gorgeous thick mane and tail, amused by his playful antics, delighted by his gentle personality and forever grateful because his care was entrusted to us as a gift.”
Noble was gifted into Kristen’s care when he was a gangly yearling with some health concerns. A year later he was found gravely ill in his stall by Ann (who was checking on the horses while Kristen attended her uncle’s funeral). Amazingly this stallion was brought back to health with the aide of the Michigan State University Animal Hospital (http://cvm.msu.edu/hospital). The partners now have a treasure to share with all of us who get to meet Noble.
Here is a link to the Weaver Arabians website. I gave Ann permission to use some of the photos I took of Noble Afire on her website. It might be interesting to compare the painting with my original photo, which Ann selected to post on their Home page and on their Stallion page.
[Painting is posted at www.karenbrenner.com/blog.html]
©Copyright 2008 by Karen Brenner. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Karen Brenner’s website.
