Tag Archives: Aquabord™

A horse got me moving again

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Alli Farkas

I think I fell victim to “Covid coma” without even having the disease. My “blogging coma” lasted a couple of months, meaning I didn’t do any painting at all since early September. I’m pretty sure part of the lethargy was … Continue reading →

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Saga of a dog portrait

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Alli Farkas

Back in early December one of my barn friends had to put down her now aged, beloved dog, Izzy. She was absolutely crushed, and our barn manager asked me to do a portrait as a surprise for her to give … Continue reading →

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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 →

Posted in Aquabord, art, horse portrait, horses, light, new horse portrait, painting techniques, watercolor, Willow Tree | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

A pair of puzzles

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Alli Farkas

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 →

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Early surprise

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Alli Farkas

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 →

Posted in Aquabord, art, horse portrait, horses, horses and carts, Kentucky Horse Park, painting techniques, watercolor | Tagged , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Sun dance vs rain dance

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Alli Farkas

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 →

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News Brief

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Alli Farkas

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 →

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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 →

Posted in Aquabord, art, Box Factory for the Arts, Dogwood Fine Arts Festival, exhibit opportunity, horses, new horse portrait | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

A little sunlight in winter

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Alli Farkas

I got the word that it would be extremely unlikely that the “hidden for now” painting would be seen on my blog before it was delivered to its intended recipient. The plan is to present this to the owner of … Continue reading →

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