Category Archives: new horse portrait

A client from a decade ago–revisited

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Alli Farkas

A client I remember vividly for various reasons contacted me recently to commission a new horse portrait. You can see the one she commissioned in 2012 here. That one was her grandfather’s horse, and she ordered it really early to … Continue reading →

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I can’t tell

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Alli Farkas

Working on a secret commission. All I can say is, it’s a horse. We shall return to our regular programming with Sky Pads 33 as soon as the secret is out. We’re about half way there.

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Late but accounted for

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Alli Farkas

This is Shadow, who is the beloved horse of my client’s sister. She loves to ride along this river path, so my task was to put together three photos to make him just happen to be there all by himself … Continue reading →

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First EmyLou, now just Lou

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Alli Farkas

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 →

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Tangled up in time

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Alli Farkas

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 →

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Doubling up

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Alli Farkas

The secret commission is done, but still can’t be revealed. I was two-timing while working on it, as it was somewhat of a rush project. I wanted to start the last drawing of the four Carroll Cottage paintings, and took … Continue reading →

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A little painting and a little news

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Alli Farkas

I like to keep my Aquabord™ titles to only one word–don’t ask why, just some arbitrary decision I made years ago–which is how this one came to be titled “Joy”. I finished it over a month ago but it was … Continue reading →

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Lakota and a bunch of straight lines

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Alli Farkas

Let me start by saying straight lines are not my favorite thing. So here we have a really nice-looking horse surrounded by—straight lines. My long-ago mentor used to say that you should draw everything free-hand so it looked like your … Continue reading →

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A little Appy happiness

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Alli Farkas

  This is the little Aquabord™ commission I picked up at Richland Park a week ago. I haven’t painted an Appaloosa since 2009 when I first started this whole horse portrait adventure. The original photo showed a halter on the … Continue reading →

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A new puzzle–or, let’s play mix and match

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Alli Farkas

For your consideration: four photos, two of each horse, to be somehow combined into a new commissioned painting showing the two horses interacting together. Faithful followers know this is not the first time I have been presented with this situation–but … Continue reading →

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