Charm, showing off the only braids that will stay in her endless mane.
Category Archives: horse portrait
First EmyLou, now just Lou
A couple of posts back I showed you EmyLou. I can now reveal–since the gift”er” can’t seem to wait until Christmas to hand over presents to her gift”ees”–the first painting in my previous post A Pair of Puzzles. This painting … Continue reading
Posted in Aquabord, art, horse portrait, horses, light, new horse portrait, painting techniques, watercolor, Willow Tree
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A pair of puzzles
Some of you who aren’t also following 1,000 other artists’ blogs may remember that right before I posted the early release of EmyLou I mentioned that I had three commissions that I couldn’t post anything about. I still can’t show … Continue reading
Posted in Aquabord, art, horse portrait, horses, watercolor
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Early surprise
My last post I mentioned that I had three commissions I couldn’t show you. One of the surprise recipients got her painting early, so I’m happy to show you Emylou. I like this one so much I really didn’t want … Continue reading
Tangled up in time
I started this painting of an eventer probably a year ago. So long ago I can’t remember. Finally finished it up sitting in my booth at the latest Reins of Life benefit show at the end of September. I was … Continue reading
Unveiled! (or unpuzzled…)
Suzanne received her husband’s gift portrait of herself and her horse Gio (aka Giovanni Francis Patrick), and wrote to me “I received my painting and I love it! It captured a special moment!” I think the dramatic lighting made it … Continue reading
Posted in art, Gessobord, horse portrait, horses, light, oil paintings
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An update, then some entertainment
If you take a look a my previous post it will be easy to associate the swirled colors of the “secret” with this painting. The recipient was very happy with it, which, as always, is my one and only goal … Continue reading
Posted in art, horse portrait, horses, museums, oil paintings
Tagged art, horse portrait, horses, odds and ends, oil painting
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Sun dance vs rain dance
If you were to look back over several years of my posts about the Reins of Life benefit dressage shows, you would notice a consistent theme having to do with rain on show days. This year threatened to be the … Continue reading
Posted in art, dressage, exhibit booth, horse portrait, horses, oil paintings, Reins of Life, watercolor
Tagged Aquabord™, art, exhibit booth, horse portrait, horse show adventures, horses, oil painting, Reins of LIfe, tactics, watercolor
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Last week at Richland Park
I missed last year’s CCI*** (that’s the second-highest level of world class 3-day eventing) but the impressive entrance to Richland Park’s seemingly endless grounds looks about the same as this pic on my last vendor visit in 2015. Just substitute … Continue reading
Posted in art, eventing, exhibit booth, horse portrait, horses, oil paintings, Richland Park, watercolor
Tagged art, exhibit booth, horse portrait, horse show adventures, horses, oil painting, watercolor
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News Brief
Yes, very briefly. First, Willow Tree (where I board Charm) lost another wonderful lesson horse recently. My trainer wanted to gift our barn manager with a remembrance of Dale, a Belgian draft who served not only as a lesson horse … Continue reading
Posted in Aquabord, art, draft horses, horse portrait, horses, horses and carts, landscape, sales
Tagged Aquabord™, art, draft horses, exhibit booth, horse portrait, horses, landscape, sales
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Pretty cozy in here
And the hay is…where? Hey hay, I didn’t get paid to do hay. You’ll have to wait for your lady to take care of that. Meanwhile, I’m going to clean some paint brushes. That means I think this painting is … Continue reading
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Tagged art, horse portrait, horses, oil painting
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Alli Farkas Artist Adventures 