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 Working on a Load
by Margo Petterson
12" x 16" oil
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"This is the first time I painted a draft horse and planned on submitting the painting to the Draft Horse Classic, instead I took it with me to a show and left it with the gallery and they sold it." |
 Young & Restless
by Margo Petterson
20" x 16" oil
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"This youngster was having a grand time, he was bouncing all over the place." |
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 Pintus
by Olva Stewart Pharo
9” x 9” x 2” bronze mounted on walnut
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"Pintus was my first portrait bronze commission. I had been doing portraits in pencil but my first love has always been sculpture. The client was very happy with this portrait bronze and I never looked back. Portrait work is not always good for art competitions. Conformation of a particular horse is not always perfect. In a portrait my aim is to portray the individual with all of its bumps and defects that give character to that particular animal. This piece was cast in 1999 given a typical liver of sulphur patina and mounted on walnut. " |
 Equus In Motion #1
by Olva Stewart Pharo
10” x 13” x 2” Apoxy Sculpt Resin mounted on wood
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"Equus In Motion #1 is a new direction for me. I have wanted to get away from the detail of
portraits to a more abstract approach to the equine form. Another way to express the strength, power and motion of the horse. Equus In Motion #1 is that beginning. It is a one-of-a-kind piece made of slow drying Apoxie Sculpt resin. Then painted.
It was inspired by the early 20th century modern art movement by 2D works such as Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending the Staircase and sculptures such as Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space and Raymond Duchamp-Villon’s The Horse.
It was sold at its first showing. By that public performance I feel others may see it too." |
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 Bella’s Beauty
by Carol Rodrigue
16" x 20" acrylic
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"Bella’s Beauty was painted after a visit to a friend’s farm and was the first horse close-up I painted. Since then, my learning has been never ending. In this painting, I wanted to capture Bella’s beauty through that special look that her eyes expressed. " |
 Kickin’ It Up!
by Carol Rodrigue
14" x 18" acrylic
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"“Kickin’ It Up” was inspired by events at a local fair this past June. The barrel racing was my favorite event. The riders seemed so free, and there was so much exhilaration and excitement. In this piece, I wanted to capture this action and movement with the dust being kicked up as the rider made his turn around the barrel.
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 Sammi
by Jessica Salmonson
photography
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"A photograph of a friend's horse." |
 Snow
by Jessica Salmonson
acrylic painting
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"Painting on the back of a rabbit skin depicting a buffalo head in the middle of winter with a indian touch to it." |
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 Zola
by Kimberly Kelly Santini
30" x 24" acrylic on canvas
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"I am fascinated by objects’ local color and how that changes based on its surroundings. That’s just the case with this draft gelding, Zola. Every season, he takes on a new hue. My goal in this particular painting was to capture his summertime blues. I hadn’t yet learned about reflective light and color, and was simply tinting paint directly from the tube. But I do like the cropping and perspective in this piece, and use the same sort of compositional conventions in my current work." |
 Red Hills (Chestnut Horizon)
by Kimberly Kelly Santini
24" x 10" acrylic on canvas
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"Most recently I’ve become fascinated with removing an object or detail from its surroundings, and how that can transform the way this object is read. Consequently I have been doing a series of paintings depicting bits of animals as landscape elements. “Red Hills” is one of the first pieces in this series. I was concentrating on balancing the composition so that it might read as an actual landscape, yet still retain much of the tactile feelings that an equine painting evokes." |
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 Jody’s Sona
by Debra Saum
24" x 30" acrylic
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"Sona is a beautiful, spirited Peruvian Paso who belongs to the woman who introduced me to riding Gaited Horses. Sona’s sweetness, combined with her determined, proud and very Peruvian spirit prompted me to capture her on canvas. I wanted to portray Sona’s regal beauty, as well as her hidden desires to be loved and admired. When I was contacted by a client who wanted to buy a print of this piece for her niece, I knew I had honored Sona’s essence when she told me “Of all the paintings of horses I searched for on the web, yours captivated me. My niece wants to learn how to ride horses more than anything else. I want to give her this print as a Christmas gift, so she can hang it in her bedroom and have that sweet horse’s face inspire her to not give up on her dream of riding. I want to help her be determined to find her own beautiful horse some day”. " |
 Arabian Heritage
by Debra Saum
24" x 30" acrylic
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"This Arabian filly and her mother inspired me to create a painting that captured their grace and beauty as well as the playfulness of the moment. The direct, bold look of the filly’s expression combined with the quiet, protective posture of her mother is such a wonderful contrast. I created the bold, bright colors of the mother’s tail to help draw attention to her baby’s beautiful eye. I wanted the painting to inspire those who see it to respect the everlasting love and devotion between a mare and her foal.
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 Remmi Demmi
by Sheona Hamilton Grant
11cm x 17cm graphite
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"This is my very first step into the world of a commercial artist. I remember clearly picking up my pencil all those years ago and having a ball. I drew from the heart, with passion. Technically it is a little weak and clumsy but, very importantly, I had put Remmi (Rembrandt Borbet)on paper and the emotions I felt then were memorable.
"Remmi Demmi" really illustrates to me how I jumped into my career with my eyes closed and my heart wide open." |
 Cheeky
by Sheona Hamilton Grant
22cm x 27cm graphic
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""Cheeky" is a piece which I completed recently. I have chosen this drawing because it summarizes so many aspects that have improved in my work while staying true to my passion and style. The other nice thing about "cheeky" is the new element of humour which I was able to include.
This non commissioned piece (a rare thing for a commission artist), portrays confidence, integrity, technical improvement (improved knowledge about composition, line, tone and negative space) and a new twist to a dearly loved subject: equines.
One could quite definitely say that the confidence and knowledge I have acquired since joining the EAG gave birth to "Cheeky". " |
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 Chasing
by Nancy Soulliard
22" x 15" watercolor
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"This was painted from photos I took of my horse, Rose, as she was chasing another horse along the fence line. Rose has been my inspiration for my horse art since I was 14 and for the last 17 years. In the past few years, I began painting watercolors of horses again. As I was picking up more commissions for portraits, I decided to join the Equine Art Guild to further my equine art career. " |
 Determination
by Nancy Soulliard
16" x 20" pastel
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"While studying art in college, I found a unique way to show the human form. I began to create abstract artwork from where one sketch began and another ended. Through my affiliation with the Equine Art Guild, I was invited to be part of an art show curated by EAG member Kathi Peters focusing on the driven horse. She encouraged me to create horse artwork in the style of my figure drawings. Those were usually created by studying a live model while these were through my photographs of driven horses. This piece was one of the five that were my first foray into portraying the horse in my abstract, collage-like style." |
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