Equine Art Competition at the Melbourne International Three-Day Event

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  Fabulous Equine Art Competition at the Melbourne International Three-Day Event held at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre on June 8-11. Competition an event of its own Fran Cleland – From http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au Mane event: Andrea O’Meara with her art work from last … Read More

Focus on John Frederick Herring, Sr for Thursday art-day…

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Last week for art-day we looked at some of the history behind John Frederick Herring, Sr’s painting the ‘Pharaohs horses’. This week we focus on the man himself. The squires pets Herring ranks along with Sir Edwin Landseer as one … Read More

Pen and paper verses computer!

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Pen and paper verses computer! At a recent meeting of my writers@work group we briefly discussed where and with what medium we write. Most, wrote straight into their computer, while I explained I write virtually everything into spiral A4 notebooks. … Read More

For Thursday Art-Day – Leonardo da Vinci’s horses…

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For Thursday Art-Day – Leonardo da Vinci’s horses… Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519 Renaissance) appeared to love horses. We know Leonardo’s famous portrait painting, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper wall painting but did you know Leonardo Da … Read More

For Thursday Art-Day we look at Edward Troye…

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For Thursday Art-Day we enjoy the work of Edward Troye (b. July 12, 1808 in Lausanne, Switzerland Troye was born on July 12, 1808 in Lausanne, Switzerland and died July 25, 1874 in Georgetown, Kentucky). He was a painter of American Thoroughbred … Read More