Alli & Charm (Billy is behind me, wondering why he is in horse jail).
Category Archives: exhibit booth
I don’t usually take this long…except when I get stuck
I was totally stuck on what step to take next with this painting. I finally decided to just start dropping some soupy colors on it and see what would happen. My original goal was to keep it a bit more … Continue reading
Posted in art, exhibit booth, landscape, oil paintings, Sky Pads
Tagged art, Art Fair Insiders, exhibit booth, Flourish canopy, oil painting
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Beautiful Chardon Valley
Two weeks ago it was a USEF-sanctioned 3-day event at Richland Park, and this past weekend a USEF-sanctioned 2-day horse trials at Chardon Valley. I love Chardon Valley, not only because it is a lovely place but also because it’s … Continue reading
Posted in art, Chardon Valley, eventing, exhibit booth, horses, Richland Park, USEF
Tagged art, Chardon Valley, eventing, exhibit booth, horse show adventures, horse trials, horses, USEF
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Richland Park Horse Trials & CCI*** !!
This was, as Ed Sullivan would have said back in the ’50’s, a r-e-a-l-l-y- BIG-SHOW! Fortunately for me, Richland Park, which is just north of Kalamazoo, MI, is not that far from me. And in spite of its size, the … Continue reading
Summer surprise…landscape show!
A small miracle took place on July 4th. Near the end of last year I was involved in the formation of a new art organization, Cass Area Artists, in the southwest Michigan and northern Indiana area. One of our fearlessly … Continue reading
Posted in art, Cass Area Artists, exhibit booth, exhibit opportunity, landscape, oil paintings, watercolor
Tagged art, Cass Area Artists, exhibit booth, landscape
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A Kentucky Horse Park Adventure
I had not, until this past Thursday, set foot in Kentucky other than a brief stint awaiting a flight change at the Cincinnati airport–which ought to be in Ohio but is really in Kentucky. Go figure. Given how unadventurous I … Continue reading
Working behind the scenes
If one were to judge by my complete absence from the blog scene during the month of January, one might assume that I had been in hibernation. As much as I may have wanted that to be true, it wasn’t. … Continue reading
Posted in art, exhibit booth, horse portrait, horses, painting techniques, stall plate
Tagged art, exhibit booth, horse portrait, painting on wood, stall plate
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2 weeks, 2 shows, 5 paintings, 1 thunderstorm
The last two weekends were horse show weekends for me, two days at Reins of Life in South Bend, IN and three days at the Fox River Valley Pony Club horse trials in Barrington Hills, IL. First off, the most … Continue reading
