Tag Archives: Saddlebred

Christmas is coming…

November 21st, 2009 | Posted in Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor
I’ve been working hard this week on some new Christmas horses. I’m probably not going to put them on Ebay until next week, maybe even after Thanksgiving. I’m working on two horses kissing under mistletoe and a horse decorating the Christmas tree with a cat. Here’s the other three I’ve completed this week.
The Saddlebred is currently on ebay…

That Fjord is so cute, I wanna kiss him on his soft nose:)


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Saddlebreds at Sunset

June 1st, 2009 | Posted in Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor

“He is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in
him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him: he is indeed a horse:
and all other jades you may call beasts.”
~William Shakespeare. King Henry V

After the rains we were gifted with a dramatic sunset. These are some of the coolest photos I think I’ve ever taken. If you’re wondering, I have a Canon G10. I
I don’t have the room to put all my sunset photos here so I think I’ll start a flickr page for them soon!

Those white dots on the image are splashing mud. I was covered in it when I got home! Most photos I took without a flash but I turned it on for this photo to see what would happen.


One Hackney for good measure…

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Scenes from Devon

May 31st, 2009 | Posted in Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor

One of my wonderful friends invited me to go with her to the Devon Horse Show last night. Let me start off by telling you why I love Devon so much…

The life blood of Devon for years and years was Hope Montgomery Scott. My dad worked for her on her dairy farm of prized Ayrshire cows and rented an apartment in her mansion, Ardrossan. In return she helped him through med school and when the Devon Horse Show came around, she would give us tickets. I used to think I wanted my ashes scattered there. It was my Disneyland, the happiest place on earth!

I would spend a month or more before the show doing anything I could to earn money to spend there on horsey trinkets and Ferris wheel rides.
Of course it was always a dream to ride there. Maybe someday, I’m not dead yet! :)

So last night the weather was less than perfect. By less I mean the scenery on the drive there looked like a tornado had blown through. When we got there it was still raining. The main ring was flooded. The coaching classes were cancelled. Only 5 out of 17 riders were electing to compete in the gambler’s choice jumping event which usually attracts many Olympic riders.

Saddlebred riders were dropping out right and left because they were afraid of loosing shoes. Fine carriage drivers swapped blue jeans and rain coats for their elegant hats and dresses.

That being said, a bad night at Devon to me is like saying you had a bad pizza, there is no such thing. I still managed to take over 100 photos! This is the first post on my Devon experience – some behind the scenes/non show ring shots. Please check back in a day or two for the jumpers and saddlebreds!

A walk through the barns when we arrived since no one was in the warm up arena.


Nice little midway for the kids.


I’m always surprised they let you walk through the barns. This saddlebred seemed pretty sweet.


“Let me out!”


The stables at night always look so neat to me.


A celebrity siting?? Sorry Carson. I was actually photographing the Friesians when I turned and spotted you.

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One Hot Nite – Painting of a Pinto Saddlebred Stallion

December 5th, 2008 | Posted in Karen Brenner

One Hot NiteOne Hot Nite (Chrome) is a Pinto Saddlebreed ASHA/PtHA tobiano stallion with the sleekest conformation I’ve ever seen. He was calmly standing in the barn waiting for Holly, his owner, when I first saw him. I love sleek horses, so I was immediately enthralled. Holly lead him out to the round pen, and it was as if a wild fire cracker was ignited. Chrome took off — flexing his muscles, twisting with glee. He was zooming around the round pen with tremendous dynamic energy. My camera could hardly keep up! I knew I wanted to do an “action-packed” painting of this beautiful stallion.

This painting has a very non-traditional composition, and although it does not picture Chrome’s perfect conformation, it does capture his wonderful playfulness, energy and spirit.

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American Saddlebred in Grahite, ‘Elegance’

September 29th, 2008 | Posted in Debbie Flood


I am officially ‘home’ now. I have handed over my Studio keys, to the Waterfall Arts center, in Belfast, Maine, where I rented a studio for 2 1/2 years. It was sorta sad, but also joyous. I won’t be in with the public and all the goings on there, but I believe that I can now hunker down and get some work done! Plus I won’t be commuting and spending out on rent.

I started this Graphite painting on Sunday. Finished it up today, on Monday! I had followed this pair around a horse show this past summer and couldn’t wait to get some other things in the studio taken care of, so I could do something of these two! I loved how the woman’s coat flapped back and all the folds that were in it. I so enjoy doing cloth. I just love the folds and wrinkles and different shadows that linger amongst those folds. And this horse was so elegant and floaty, I thought the proper name for this is ‘Elegance’.

If you are interested in purchasing this Graphite Painting, please give me an email through my website at www.debfloodart.com
Thank you for looking and reading!
Enjoy,
Debbie

Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.

http://www.debfloodart.com

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Papercut Done And Rain Pounds down

September 28th, 2008 | Posted in Kathi Peters

What a grey day! My studio is cozy and dry… and I am glad to say that the latest cutting is done.

It is a scene that depicts what the American Saddllebred is bred to do…go on pleasure rides with style! The idea for this cutting came during my Kentucky trip and the Show of Breeds at the Kentucky Horse Park. The image measures 8 1/2″ x 10″ and is cut from one piece of paper. A labor of love. It is already up on my website.
Kyle is supposed to kiss us today in Downeast Maine with high winds and rain. The rain is coming down now…the winds come later tonight, I guess. I just finished taking down our summer awning that shades our back deck. Six years ago today we moved into our cottage here in Morrill. A few days later we had a big storm with high winds and rain. The awning that was on the house when we bought it, ripped and shredding ..I don’t want a rerun of that, thank you. So down comes the awning today before the storm. The slant of the sun is lower now anyway so we don’t really need the awning to shade the house…now we need the sun to spill into the living room to warm the house on cooler days.

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Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

September 21st, 2008 | Posted in Kathi Peters

Friday morning I got up before the sun had spilled into our farm……and I caught this shot from our deck, at that magical moment as the sun started creeping across the pastures , into the pond behind the barn ,through the barn doors and hitting the night mist as it rose above the stand of spruce that reach up skyward from the very back of our pastures. Fall color has not yet begun, but will soon. The morning chill of the past few mornings tell me that it is time to get out my sweaters and warm socks…..summer is done.

The horses have all started getting their winter coats already. The bay Cobs are dappled with red in their coats. The Corgi has thrown 3 coats of shedding hair all through the house…..even Mittens, the wizard kitty, has blown her summer coat and is sporting her winter fur. And I can tell that my indoor allergies are in full blossom…….. And that is ONE reason that I paint in casein!!

I am finishing up another papercut of a Saddlebred, inspired from my Lexington, Kentucky outing of last summer.
And new work needs to be shipped to Chisholm Gallery in New York………..and I have started a watercolor of three Peruvian Pasos.

………..and then there are the gardens that need to be put to bed.


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Dulci, Then and Now

July 13th, 2008 | Posted in Bethany Caskey
Dulci the first day I saw her
Dulci the first day I saw her
Dulci Now
Dulci Now

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Le Cadeau du Cheval Finished

May 28th, 2008 | Posted in Jeanne Newton Schoborg

Well after a harrowing Memorial Day weekend dodging tornados, I think I have my panel of Yorktown finished. He was a famous American Saddlebred stallion from the late sixties. There were very few photos of him for some reason so finding a face marking was rather difficult. He has sired some of the greatest contemporary show horses in the ring today and his name appeares in a great number of pedigrees. I chose him though, not so much for his contributions in that regard, but in his handsome regal look! He is everything a horse should be in my opinion…proud and lofty and fully chromed out with his flaxen mane and tail, white legs, and beautiful face! When I think of saddlebred, this is the horse that first comes to my mind!

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