Black Stallion
Summer has been busy with the Denver Fine Art festival and a weekend workshop I co-facilitated called Journey to Spirit Through Horses with Anna Twinney, from Reach Out to Horses and Melisa Pearce, from Touched By A Horse. Lots of “Spirit of the Horse” love here in beautiful Colorado!
This weekend I will be in Aspen for their 8th annual fine art festival with some new work and I hope to see some of you out there!
http://www.artfestival.com/events/visitorsShow/23/1/8th_Annual_Downtown_Aspen_Art_Festival_(Aspen,_CO.).html
PS – this piece is available and the size is 28″ x 40″
Best,
Susan
©Copyright 2010 by Susan Williams. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.
QT
This morning was spent photographing three former champion reiners who now have new jobs in life. And yes I do take normal photographs! I once handed a client her proofs and she just stared quietly at them, finally looking up and saying softly…”These don’t look anything like your work”. LOL!
But back to these amazing guys, who are not old and retired but average aged that have experienced career changes in life that they embrace and love. Career changes are not just for people!
Scooter
Each one of these handsome boys have become a therapeutic healer. Melisa is a psychotherapist who uses horses extensively in her work. These are her personal show horses who no longer perform at World championships but work their magic on her clients and other folks who show up from all over the country to participate in one of many equine experiential learning workshops she offers at her Lil Bit North Ranch in Longmont CO.
Shadow
I have been very fortunate to share and sell my art at her workshops. People leave the ranch wanting to bring home a “horse” to solidify their experience so Melisa and I felt it would be more powerful and meaningful if they were able to bring home a representation of her horses whom they worked with. This is a fun and exciting project! I also photographed Kathy Pike’s horses (Coaching With Horses) a couple of weeks ago for the same purpose. This is a very worthwhile project that may continue to help people with their healing process once they are back in their mainstream life.
I will continue to share more about this artwork as it develops.
Enriching the life of humans and horses one day at a time……
Yours in the dance,
Susan
windhorseOne Studios
©Copyright 2009 by Susan Williams. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.
I just had to post about these amazing equine inspirational cards – Whispers From a Horse’s Heart. How beautiful is that??!!!! There are 52 large cards in the deck and each one has a special inspirational message. Melisa Pearce, founder of Touched by a Horse, wrote the messages and Jan Taylor is the artist. Both are from good ole Colorado.
These are just 2 examples of these beautiful cards. What is so different about these card decks, other than their beautiful artwork? The inspiration and guidance that is offered on the cards will encourage you to reflect upon your dreams, desires, and challenges. Every day, just pick a card that appeals to you in that moment and read its message.You will be amazed with just how appropriate the message relates to what you are feeling or dealing with.
At the start of each week I pick a card and reflect on it and it is always uncanny how accurate the information usually is!
Melisa is one of the co-authors in the Horse As Teacher book and I have come to know her well in the past few months. I am delighted she has allowed me to share her beautiful cards with you! If you are interested please check the right hand side of my blog where you will find more information.
We have all partnered together to make the world a better place for humans and horses!
©Copyright 2009 by Susan Williams. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.
This weekend I participated in an Intuitive Awareness workshop at Melisa Pearce’s Lil Bit North Ranch in Niwot Colorado. I recently met Melisa who founded Touched By A Horse; programs inspired by relationships with horses combined with her background in psychotherapy. The programs integrate time with horses and also deep personal exploration. Melisa is one of the ten authors in the Horse as Teacher book which is how we met. Check out her wonderful website at www.touchedbyahorse.com.
As we all know, horses are highly intuitive creatures and rely heavily on their senses for self preservation. While we humans have intuition, we rarely trust or listen to it! One of the fascinating aspects of this weekends workshop was being able to watch the horse/human dynamics and how the same horse reacted to different people. I will be returning later in the week to photograph a participants horse and also some of Melisa’s amazing animals. She loves paints and had a three time World champ. This woman is amazing and does it all!
Melisa also graciously allowed me to bring some of my work to show and sell to the participants. It gave people an opportunity to bring home a horse they identified with that would help them savor and warmly remember the event. Thank you Melisa for your generosity!
I felt the image above is a good representation for this blog. There is somewhat of a mystical and contemplative quality to it. After seeing so many women’s hearts being “touched by a horse”, who said horses aren’t mystics!!!
Yours in the dance,
Susan
windhorseOne Studios
www.windhorseone.com
©Copyright 2009 by Susan Williams. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.
Black Stallion
