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Le Cadeau du Cheval, The Horse Gift, Las Vegas!

November 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Sue E. Kroll

The Horse Gift will be coming to the Cowboy Christmas show at the National Finals Rodeo in December. It will be displayed from December 4th to December 13th, 2008. I can’t wait to see the mural in person!

AND………On December 6th and 7th, William Shatner is scheduled to be at the display signing prints of the mural! His likeness is on one of the panels of the mural. It will be so great to meet him, have pics taken with him under the mural, and have him sign my personal copy!!!!!

If you are in Las Vegas during this time, be sure to stop by and see just how big the mural is!

©Copyright 2008 by Sue E. Kroll. See original post here.
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Saratoga Study ~ Paddock Eye, 5 x 7 Oil on Panel

August 25th, 2008 | Posted in Linda Shantz

Oil painting of a Thoroughbred horse in the paddock. Copyright Linda Shantz, all rights reserved.

Well, I’m not sure it’s worth the hype, but this is the piece I’ve been wanting to post for a few days. It’s been a reminder how hard it is to get a good capture of a smaller painting – one of those challenges I admit I haven’t quite figured out yet! This little painting is 5 x 7 on shellacked masonite. It has an interesting gloss to it, which of course didn’t help with the photography. I think I’ve found the scanner I’m going to order, so this will be one of the first things I test when I get it!

This painting is a quick study from a photo I took on my recent Saratoga trip. Horses’ eyes are much portrayed by equine artists, but who can blame us? They say so much. I love the slightly wild look of this horse, the anticipation of the race before him. As someone who has accompanied many horses to the paddock, I know it can be a pretty stressful place – for both horses and handlers! Getting a horse from the barn to the gate sometimes seems to take longer than the months of training that precede race day!

One day soon I’ll have to catch everyone up on some of the news I need to share, but in the meantime, this will have to do! One bit I’ll mention here – next week, the Mural Mosaic’s Le Cadeau du Cheval will be revealed at the Spruce Meadows Masters’ Tournament. It’s not looking like I’m going to make it there, unfortunately. There are more panels up on the grid now, and they’ve adjusted the colours. Unfortunately those adjustments have left my purple panel looking very black! Can’t say I’m very happy about that, but on the plus side, my neighbour has been revealed – none other than a painting of William Shatner, Canadian icon. While I grew up with brothers addicted to Star Trek, my personal affection is for his “covers” of some popular songs, and the work he’s done with Ben Folds (surprise, surprise!). If you get the chance, look for So In Love (with Ben Folds) or his cover of Common People. Too funny!

Okay, time to go feed the “kids!”

©Copyright 2008 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
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The Miracle Man

August 24th, 2008 | Posted in Carole Rodrigue
Painting of Josh Lyons with a horse. Copyright Carol Rodrique 2008, all rights reserved. Miracle Man
16 x 20 original acrylic on masonite

Here’s the completed painting from the image I’d posted last week. This is a painting of Josh Lyons and the 2 yr old colt he’d trained back in June up in Quebec. I was inspired to paint this after watching this scene unfold. Josh was signing autographs and talking with people after the long day’s session. The horse was broke and just following Josh everywhere, staying by his side, keeping his full attention on him at all times. Then the colt began to nuzzle Josh, resting his head on his shoulders, and just being a real baby. Josh turned and began nuzzling right back, and even giving a kiss or two. Needless to say, to me, this scene summed up the days work. A horse was trained, and trust was gained, on both ends (~sniff~). After witnessing Josh’s amazing abilities with horses that weekend, I was convinced, he was indeed a miracle man with horses, and that’s where the title came from.

By the way, I just fell in love with that horse. Boy, to have a horse like that some day . . .

And just another reminder, the countdown’s on for the unveiling of the Cadeau du Cheval mural at Spruce Meadows, Sept. 3-7!!! Coincidence of coincidences, Lewis Lavoie painted a panel of John Lyons in the mural. It’s pretty amazing, and there’s also a pretty amazing painting of Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner! Being a Star Trek fan, I find it pretty darned bang on! Check it out folks, http://www.muralmosaic.com/Cadeau.html Live long and prosper, eh! Now that was spoken like a true Cannuck . . . ;-)

©Copyright 2008 by Carole Rodrigue. See original post here.
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