A LEGACY NEVER FORGOTTEN – THE ART OF WILLA FRAYSER Jewel of the Nile, Original Watercolour on acid free board, painting in Private Collection I often think and talk about fate and destiny on my blog, probably because the subject … Read More
Sunday Quote of the Week THINK ABOUT CHANGE … Drawing by Willa Frayser – www.facebook.com/WFrayserArtwork “CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, AND YOU CHANGE YOUR WORLD” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) Every cell in our body is different from the ones a few years … Read More
For Thursday is Art Day – Constantin Guys (Dutch 1802 – 1892) WHO ARE YOU? words Carmel Rowley “… Waiting as they saddled Sultan I smoothed my black velvet habit before mounting and setting off at a prancing … Read More
November Pinup I’m so excited to have Willa Frayser as my November Pinup. Not only am I a long time admirer of her art work but I’m also incredibly impressed how she continues to push the boundaries even after many … Read More
Thursday Art Day – Big brave hearts – Black Caviar and Phar Lap … Black Caviar and Phar Lap One of the things I love doing during the colder months is to visit the local antiques shops. There is nothing nicer than … Read More
Proportion and power for Thursday Art day – Sir Alfred James Munnings. 1878 – 1959 Sybil Harker on Saxa with the Norwich Staghounds Sally Mitchell states in her Dictionary of Equestrian Artists that with Stubbs, Munnings is one of two … Read More
I’m so excited to have Equine artist, Willa Frayser as my August Reader of the Month. Jewel of the Nile, Original Watercolour on acid free board, painting in Private Collection I talk a lot about fate and destiny on my blog, … Read More
Raoul Millais (1901–1999) for Art Day Raoul Millais-Two horses with grooms and a spaniel in a landscape As I used one of Raoul Millias paintings ‘The start of the Horse Race’ in an earlier blog this week I thought it … Read More
Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) for Thursday Art day I read Delacroix believed that, in painting, colour was much more important than draftsmanship, and imagination than knowledge. Eugene Delacroix – Arabians Travelling Apparently he became tired of the the learned subjects the Academy expected … Read More
Today for Thursday Art day I wanted to explore the history behind J.F. Herring’s painting “Pharaoh’s Horses” first exhibited in 1848 under the title “Pharaoh’s Chariot Horses.” It shows three head studies of the grey Arabian stallion Imaum, originally owned … Read More