This one from the driving class at Fox Valley Saddle Association last summer.
My horse Billy was the model for these two.
As usual I was able to paint while I babysat my booth at the Fox River Valley Pony Club horse trials two weekends ago. These two are my efforts from that show. The horse and cart is from a photo I took last year at the similarly named but not the same Fox River Valley Saddle Association. I have no idea how much territory comprises the Fox River Valley, but having crossed the Fox River myself I imagine it’s fairly large. At any rate it lends its name to a variety of users.
The next painting is another of my made-up composites–the landscape is from a photo I took eons ago in Frazier Park, California. I took two other photos of Billy running and stuck them in the landscape, then transformed Billy into a paint and some sort of brown horse. As regular readers of this blog already know, Mr. Bill is actually a copper-penny chestnut. I don’t tell him about any of this because I don’t want him demanding modeling royalties!
As long as we’re on the subject of Aquabords, I have a new set of notecards now from 5 more of them–
Five new Aquabord™ notecard designs
The 5″ x 7″ Aquabord™ paintings are available on my website for $35 each plus shipping. The notecard sets of 10 (2 cards of each design) are available for $10 each plus shipping. Details on my website, www.allifarkas.com
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Lovely post! The notecard designs are really nice – my favorite is the one in the top center.
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Thanks Lisa! I like these a lot too. The one which is your favorite is another one of my fantasy creations–two horses who were not anywhere near one another when their photos were taken. I liked the way I was able to put one behind the other, in a “I’m not sure who you are so I’m going to hide out behind my friend until I determine all is well” sort of way. These two both live on the same farm as my horse.
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it’s so great that you have a life immersed in horses and can marry your work with your loves/joys. and to know a subject well is important, and you know your horses!
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i liked the painting of the white horse the best. always look forward to your emails!
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I really like the colours and feel of action in the bottom left notecard (:
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I think that’s why it sold almost as soon as I finished painting it! Thanks, Chris! I have a similar one ready to go, just have to get to it. Maybe end of the month–another horse show coming up.
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