Alli & Charm (Billy is behind me, wondering why he is in horse jail).
Tag Archives: horses
The long-awaited…2017 Rockin’ Riders Quadrille video
No, I wasn’t lazy. Even though this performance was in early July (after our rather dismal performance in June) and I promised video of it “soon”, I didn’t get the complete set of two video camera angles until a couple … Continue reading
Posted in dressage, horses, quadrille, Willow Tree
Tagged horse show adventures, horses, quadrille, willow tree
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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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Charm and I love the number 5
It couldn’t have been a more perfect weekend for a horse show. Cool, dry, breezy. Overnight on Thursday it rained probably a couple of inches at the showground, but by the time we arrived on Friday evening the wonderful sand … Continue reading
A little painting and a little news
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 Aquabord™, art, horses, watercolor
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A Saturday date with Charm
This past Saturday I took temporary leave of my senses and rode Charm in the first of Karin Bielefeld’s two annual spring dressage clinics at Willow Tree. These events are valuable because they give you practice riding with an audience … Continue reading
Posted in dressage, horses, riding clinic, Willow Tree
Tagged dressage, horses, willow tree
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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
Posted in art, horse portrait, horses, oil paintings
Tagged art, horse portrait, horses, oil painting
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Lakota…stall under construction
House construction is taking a bit longer than planned. Hiccup involves requiring a few layers of paint to get the texture of the wood. Sometimes I can paint over a layer when it just starts to get “sticky-dry”, but there’s … Continue reading
Posted in art, horse portrait, horses, oil paintings, painting techniques
Tagged art, horse portrait, horses, oil painting, painting progress
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