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Virtual Postcard

October 27th, 2008 | Posted in Juliet Harrison

©Copyright 2008 by Juliet Harrison. See original post here.
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Mixing the Herds

October 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Bethany Caskey

I decided tonight when I did chores that it was the time of year to start putting the herds back together. I took old John, the mule, out of the pasture and let him eat his mush next to the truck. He is somewhere near 40, so I did not think he would appreciate the excitement of Jet Ranger’s three horses joining the herd. I gave the others, Dulci, Sophie, Cirrus and Nimbus, some grain to munch on while I walked down the fence line to where the solar charger sits and controls the fence that separates the pastures to turn it off. (I’m no) Angel was near and saw me open the gate. It did not take her long to come through and pass me. Legend and MeToo were close behind.

The two little girls stared at the intruders like they were oncoming hordes of Mongols racing to burn their village.

They stayed together and held their ground for as long as they could. One of the horde was an obvious crazy woman.


A wild and scary daughter.

And the fearsome general who commanded this oncoming charge.

There was plenty of swirling, squealing and mud flying. My “boys” took flight and were starting to panic when they spotted me. They slid to a stop on either side, hid behind me and blew snorts of warning at the confusion and introductions. It is so good to know that in a panic, they both chose to be with me as their safe place! They stayed with me until Legend tried to run the girls and they both decided to intercede on the ladies’ behalf and defend the girls. They took off at a gallop as a united front.

(If you look closely, you will see both boys. Cirrus is in the front here.) And gathered their girls back from the marauder’s clutches.

It was a short time of confusion and running and everyone settled down. I took John down to the west pasture with Reo and Bit and put him in with them for now. He will enjoy the relative quiet of these two solid citizens until I need to put everyone together when we start feeding hay and having to haul water and keep it from freezing. I dread the winter to come.

It had been overcast for most of the day. As I walked back down the lane, swinging my empty feed bucket and the dogs trotting beside me, the sun came through a break in the clouds behind me. The sudden glow of light stopped me in my tracks. Every leaf, every blade of grass, every weed head, was on fire and glowing. It painted the bean leaves in front of me and the edges of the hills and clouds in the distance. I tried to take it all in. Just as suddenly, it faded and disappeared.

I loaded the dogs and headed back to the shop to work some more and look at tonight’s photos. I really do enjoy playing the home version of National Geographic.

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©Copyright 2008 by Bethany Caskey. See original post here.
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Bright eyed and beautiful, horse photos.

October 18th, 2008 | Posted in Donna Ridgway

I love this bright eyed horse! Not only was he bright eyed, he had vertical stripes down his front legs, something I’ve not seen on another horse. Another day, I’ll post his legs.

This horse, was just plain gorgeous, such a soft look in her eye.

I’ve switched from my poor dilapidated mac G4 laptop to a new windows machine running Vista. I had the greatest fear of windows! I never would have believed I could switch and be so happy about it. But this new computer is great.

The files pop open quickly, no matter how large they are. I haven’t had chance to do a lot of things on here yet, as I’ve been so busy setting it up, downloading programs etc… But what I have accomplished, I’ve been very pleased with.

I had an old Wacom tablet hooked to my very first mac, I couldn’t get it to run on my G4 computers for some weird reason. I decided to give it a try today and imagine my surprise when I went to the Wacom site, and downloaded the very driver I needed! After about 10 years, it’s still good on a brand new computer. It’s working perfectly. So expect some computer drawings soon!

Thanks for stopping by…

Donna Ridgway

©Copyright 2008 by Donna Ridgway. See original post here.
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Giclee Color Prints available

October 4th, 2008 | Posted in Juliet Harrison

As I have been dabbling in digital, I have created some images that I think stand up well with my B&W work. I am making these available for purchase as either inkjet reproductions or as Archival Giclee prints. You can see all of the color images in my gallery at http://www.julietharrisonphotography.smugmug.com/ Inkjets are $24.95 plus shipping. Archival Giclee prices are based on the size of the print. They start at $120.00 plus shipping for an 8×10. All work is signed by the artist. For the purchase of any of these images, contact me, Juliet, at juliet@lechevalthehorse.com . To see my B&W work go to http://www.lechevalthehorse.com/

©Copyright 2008 by Juliet Harrison. See original post here.
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ACEO Morgan Portrait, Part 5

September 21st, 2008 | Posted in Carrie Lewis

ACEO Morgan Portrait
3-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches

One of the things I love about the classical painting method is that as a painting nears completion, it sometimes takes only a few brush strokes to go from not finished to finished.

Take this painting, for example. When I sat down to work on it again, I didn’t think it was all that close to being finished. The horse’s coat was flat and uninspiring. The details were also flat and uninspiring. Truth be told, the idea of painting at all was uninspiring because of a lingering headache from the afternoon.

But I wanted to be able to say I’d at least worked on the painting, so I sat down with it.

And when I put it back up to dry, I was wondering if I should sign it or not.

The work that was done was quite straight forward. A layer of Raw Sienna applied dry brush and brushed out to a very thin layer. Burnt Sienna brushed into that everywhere but in the highlights, followed by Burnt Umber in the shadow areas. This part of the work was done with a 1/8″ inch sable flat and went quickly.

Next was a mixture of Titanium White and Raw Sienna to add highlights. These areas were deliberately painted more opaquely. I attempted to draw them in with a 10/0 golden taklon round. One stroke and done; no adjusting, no tweaking, leave it alone. For someone who likes to ‘tweak’ as much as I do, the one-stroke-and-done method is tough!

I followed the highlights by adding darker darks where necessary. Ivory Black was stroked into the inside of the ears, around the muzzle and mouth and under the chin. I did allow a little bit more fussing in these areas because smoother gradations were necessary.

The painting session ended with the eye, which I reshaped using Ivory Black, as well.

And all of a sudden, the portrait was looking finished!

In the end, I decided not to sign it, but to wait at least until the paint has a chance to dry and I can take another look at it with a fresh eye. But for now, it’s look great and I’m very well pleased with the effort.

©Copyright 2008 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
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Glo with Mabelene is Third Painting in New Series

September 19th, 2008 | Posted in Karen Brenner

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.
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Side-Saddle Watercolor

September 17th, 2008 | Posted in Kathi Peters

It has been a while since my last post…The Skyline Farm art exhibit went off well last week. It is always so gratifying to see the works all hung and then stand back and take in all the beautiful artwork that is year’s Maine artists sent for the show “Fertile Ground”. The work was mostly landscapes…..but all off Maine. My co-curator for this show, Karen Pettengill, and I hung it all in record time. I guess we have had enough practise over the years…and have always worked well together. We have worked together in a green house, as grooms for a four-in-hand driver and now this!
I managed to get works shipped out last week and then my husband and our Corgi and I headed over to New Hampshire to see my brother and his family. It was a long week for me…but fun and I survived it!!!
Today I finished this watercolor and then I attacked my studio mess…..I feel like I deserve a break now, so I am headed out to mow lawn. This grass must stop growing soon…??!! but I think I I like mowing over shovelling snow!
“Kentucky Side Saddle” is 15 x 10″ and is a watercolor on watercolor board. The rider looked so comfortable on her horse, as she sat talking to folks. I HAD to paint her. The watercolor is more about her than her horse, though he was a handsome fellow.

©Copyright 2008 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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Dancing Ponies

September 15th, 2008 | Posted in Bethany Caskey

The Arabian “boys”

Sophie:

Dulci:

©Copyright 2008 by Bethany Caskey. See original post here.
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Newsworthy

September 11th, 2008 | Posted in Linda Shantz


So I’ve been holding out on the art news…

Back in May, I received a call telling me my artwork had been chosen for the cover of the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders’ Association’s Fall Classic Breeders’ Sale catalogue. The artwork is also featured on the poster advertising the event, and the original painting was on display at the CWHBA booth at the Spruce Meadows Masters! The original will be auctioned as Lot 0 at the sale, to be held October 10&12, 2008. They did a great job putting together the cover design, and I’ll be looking forward to hearing the results of the auction! The painting in question is called “Air” and the reference photo for this work was purchased by Ottawa-area photographer Gleb Esman.


The second bit of news…I had two paintings accepted into the New Jersey Equine Artists’ Association Fall show. You’ll be familiar with both – one is the recently featured “Man on a Misison,” and the other is “Sunkissed.” The opening is this Sunday, September 15, and I’m actually going to be there. My friend Sheri lives in South Jersey, and I’m long overdue a visit, so this seemed a great opportunity. It was a real honour to be accepted into this show, as was the cover for the CWHBA auction.


I’ve been busy in and out of the studio getting ready for the upcoming FASM Studio Tour, October 4&5, 2008. More new paintings in the works; trips to the framer, trips to the photographer…and so on! Hopefully we’ll get past the rain and have a great weekend for the tour.

©Copyright 2008 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
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Fun Photos from the All Horse Parade in Delaware, Ohio

September 11th, 2008 | Posted in Karen Brenner

Imagine a parade that is all about HORSES! Pat Getha, an equine artist from Delaware, Ohio, invited me and Sue Steiner, a fellow artist, to her home town’s All-Horse Parade, bribing us with emails containing delightful photos she’d taken from last year’s event. Sue and I decided to grab our cameras and drive on down. And, we had the best time!

As described, this 23rd annual All-Horse Parade had over 500 horses in over 100 units! It was a wonderful parade, and the sunny weather made for a day that was perfect for photographing horses. Maybe I can bribe you to attend next year with these shots I took yesterday!

This year’s parade included . . .

A four across hitch . . .

Tails up in ribbons . . .

Minis pulling carts . . .

Canine companions . . .

Cute girls with pink cowboy hats. . .

A horse-drawn pep band . . .

Horseback riding fairies . . .

The hard working clean up crew . . .

More tails in ribbons . . .

Mules with personality . . .

Great hats . . .

Yes! Great hats . . .

A magnificent eight-horse hitch . . .

Unicorns . . .

My childhood hero – Zorro . . .

Black Clydesdales . . .

And much, much more! Be sure to mark your calendars for September 2009’s All Horse Parade!

[See the photos on my blog - www.karenbrenner.com/blog.html]

©Copyright 2008 by Karen Brenner. See original post here.
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ACEO Morgan Portrait, Part 1

September 10th, 2008 | Posted in Carrie Lewis

ACEO Morgan Portrait
3-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches

This entry begins with a recap of a new ACEO horse portrait started last week, since the entry in which it was first posted was more about tools and techniques than about this particular painting. A lot of you like to follow specific paintings from beginning to end, so this seemed like the best way to create a thread of posts dedicated to this portrait.

The basic information: This is a 3-1/2 inch by 2-1/2 inch portrait being painted in oils using M. Graham Oils on gessoed, archival mat board.

The subject is based on a horse I photographed three or four years ago at the Wheat State Morgan Show right here in Wichita, but I am not painting that specific horse. This is meant to be the catalyst to get a series of ACEO portraits started so I am being a little creative with colors and with markings.

The first image shows the portrait with the background painted a solid Raw Umber over a red under painting. The drawing is there, but doesn’t show up very well in the image. It was a challenge to follow in real life, too, so I’m not surprised the photograph didn’t pick it up.

This is the first stage of the under painting and it was completed in about an hour in two separate sessions. Using a 10/0 golden taklon round and Raw Umber straight out of the tube, I began work with the eye.

I then continued working around the face and into the neck. For the most part, I put down light strokes, then dark strokes and blended the areas together. For the larger areas, I used a #2 sable flat to block in an even color field, then added darks and lights where necessary. The #2 was also used for the background, where I added a little bit more variation in values.

A little bit of the red under painting still peeked through at this stage and while it was my intention to completely paint it out, I have to admit that I thought about allowing it to remain. It does add to the overall look and feel of the painting so far.

The following day, I finished the under painting by adjusting the value. Some areas, like the forelock, were toned down a little bit.

Most other areas were lightened. Subsequent color layers will darken the painting and one of my greatest challenges with this classical technique is ending up with a painting that is too dark, so I usually work on an under painting until I think it’s the right value…then lighten it a little bit more. That’s what happened on the second day.

There were also some areas that were on the vague side, especially in the neck. Quite a bit of the modulations visible in the reference photo and that will hopefully be duplicated in the finished portrait are more the result of color variations than value variations, so there wasn’t much I could do in half tones to fix that. But where values were too uniform, I was able to make the necessary corrections.

Finally, the background was repainted and a little bit of Titanium was worked into the Raw Umber to create visual interest there.

©Copyright 2008 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
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All Horse Parade in Delaware Ohio

September 8th, 2008 | Posted in Sue Steiner

What a treat it was yesterday to go to the All Horse Parade in Delaware, Ohio. I enjoyed the company of fellow Ohio equine artists Karen Brenner and Pat Getha. Thank you Pat for the invitation. Pat tempted me by e-mail with beautiful photos she had taken in previous years of this event. She said I would not be disappointed and I was not. It was quite impressive. Karen, Pat and I were taking photos as fast as we could as the stream of beautiful horse walked by. It would be hard to say what was my favorite sight with so much to choose from. There were the cute little mini weanlings, or the pudgy ponies or the elegant freisans or the majestic drafts hitched to the carriages. I laughed at the unicorns and smiled when the mules went by. The draft mule in particular was fun, all round and bulky with ears going this way and that and the ‘putt putt’ of flatulence with each step as he walked by. At least he was nice and relaxed! No stress there.
There were paints and palominos, appys and arabs. I saw big boned and fined boned, sleek and spotted, dressed up and ‘down home’ get ups. It was quite a sight.
I will have enough inspiration and reference material for my equine art to last a very long time!

©Copyright 2008 by Sue Steiner. See original post here.
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A couple of clowns, two silly horses.

September 6th, 2008 | Posted in Donna Ridgway

I’m sitting here tonight looking through old photos. So many times, I forget what I have on this computer! Coming across this pair, was like visiting with old friends. They gave me a cozy feeling when I saw them, two horses, having so much fun playing together. And the looks on their faces, how funny can you get! Two silly horses for sure.

Let me know if you enjoyed them. Capturing photos of animals playing is one of my special joys and if you like them too, that would make me extra happy.
Donna Ridgway

©Copyright 2008 by Donna Ridgway. See original post here.
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More About Le Cadeau du Cheval

September 5th, 2008 | Posted in Karen Baker Thumm


A few more words about the mural project, “Le Cadeau du Cheval” from Mural Mosaic.

A couple of the Equine Art Guild members who were able to attend the unveiling ceremony were kind enough to share their photos with the rest of us, and after seeing them, all I can say is “Awesome!”. You really MUST spend some time looking at each of the panels. To do so, just click on the individual panel and you will be taken to a page where you can view that panel larger, see who painted it and read any story that the artist wrote about it. For instance mine is here.

I’ve posted an image above of the whole mural which may give you a better idea of its scope and what it’s about. Thanks to artist, Twyla Wehnes for sharing this photo, and remember that it’s protected by copyright and cannot be copied or used without permission.

Finally, I’d like to thank Phil and Lewis and Paul for inviting me to be a part of this incredible project. And also a thanks for the thrilling feature of my panel on Youtube.

©Copyright 2008 by Karen Baker Thumm. See original post here.
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First Painting in Beautiful Horses of Michigan Series by Equine Artist Karen Brenner is Complete

September 5th, 2008 | Posted in Karen Brenner

Yes! The first of my “Beautiful Horses of Michigan” paintings is done!!! This beautiful paint gelding is “Too Sleepy to Paint.” What a wonderful horse!

Of course, you’ll want to see the new web page I’ve created for this special project. You’ll be able to read about Too Sleepy to Paint and his owner Jenny. And of course look at the painting again! On that page I will post the paintings and stories about all the horses in the project. That will keep me busy for many months to come! Here’s a link: www.karenbrenner.com/beautiful_horses_of_michgan_gallery.html

©Copyright 2008 by Karen Brenner. See original post here.
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Horse photos from a week at the ranch.

August 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Donna Ridgway

Photo of a horse's butt copyright Donna Ridgway, all rights reserved.

Photograph of horses in Montana crossing a ridge with clouds in background copyright Donna Ridgway, all rights reserved.

Photograph of a horse's head against the sky, copyright Donna Ridgway, all rights reserved.

Close-up photo of a horse's eye, copyright Donna Ridgway, all rights reserved.

Close-up photo of a horse, copyright Donna Ridgway, all rights reserved.

When I lived on the ranch, and worked everyday, I barely noticed the way the light plays over the form of a horse. If you need your horse in a hurry, and you see scenes like this, they’re so fleeting. You don’t have time to really see the beauty around you.

So I’ve posted these horse photos so we can take a moment to reflect on how wonderful our equines are. I hope you experience a feeling of peace and harmony when you see these photos, the same as I did when I took them.

You can purchase these horse photos as prints on my Red Bubble site below. There are many options in pricing and size, canvas and paper. Something for every budget! Place your order today.
Donna Ridgway

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©Copyright 2008 by Donna Ridgway. See original post here.
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Camargo Hunt Scene is Karen’s Newest Equine Painting

August 7th, 2008 | Posted in Karen Brenner

The highlight of the Camargo Hunter Trials had to be when the hounds appeared.

So obediently sticking with the hunt master, the hounds watched him closely, anxiously awaiting a signal from him directing them onward. Wherever he went, they followed.

This new painting, with bright red coats and bright pack of enthusiastic, happy hounds, captures the contained energy of the pack and calmness of the riders.

NOTE: Pictures to go with this feed are at www.karenbrenner.com/blog.html.

©Copyright 2008 by Karen Brenner. See original post here.
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Snowing again

January 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Judy Wood


A nice light fluffy snow is sifting down again today. Here in Saskatchewan we don’t always get a large amount of snow, and what we get tends to be dry and fine, not the heavy saturated dumps that other parts of the country often see. I’m happy to see more snow as I bought snowshoes last year after the big January blizzard so I could get out and do photos of the drifts. So far this year I’ve only been out once on the snowshoes as we just don’t have quite enough snow cover. It’s likely OK now—we’ve had a couple of small falls and a bit of drifting since I was last out, so once it warms up a tad I’ll get out again.

In the meantime, here are a couple of shots post-blizzard last year. The first one is the concession building (for summer show season) at the stable where I keep my horse. The drifts went right up over the roof on that one corner. The other shot was taken under the overhanging roof that is on the right of the first picture. This is a full-scale carousel zebra who is looking particularly frantic about the situation he has found himself in. Mind you, he looks quite distressed all the time, poor thing. I call this one “Save me”. I had to snowshoe up to the north side of the building over a drift consderably taller than me, then bend down to shoot into the space between the bottom of the roof and the top of the drift in front of the zebra. When I stood upright on the drift I was considerably taller than the roof of the concession. That was a “biggest in the last 50 years” blizzard, so I suppose it’s too much to hope for another one like that any time soon.
If you’re a “regular” (for the whole few days I’ve been doing this) please note that I’ve switched to “not every day” mode now. I figure maybe twice a week will be about right. We’ll see.
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