The Paint Horse for Art Day As a child I loved Piebald and Skewbald horses and today I still have a fascination for the vibrancy of coloured horses either in film or on canvas. Coloured horses have enjoyed a long and varied history in art. … 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
For Thursday Art Day we look at a selection of glorious drawings by Carle Vernet. I had not seen these subjects before but I immediately fell in love with the expression and detail of each individual horse. “A writer — and, I believe, generally … Read More
For Thursday Art Day we re-visit ALFRED DE DREUX again! Alfred-De-Dreux-une-amazone-en-foret I know I blogged about Alfred De Dreux last week but I’m so very in love with his art, I couldn’t resist presenting more of his work. Arabian horse … Read More
For Thursday Art Day we re-visit ALFRED DE DREUX. Alfred-de-Dreaux -Etalon Arabe I blogged some time ago about ALFRED DE DREUX but I simply adore his work, hence the revisit and maybe again next week. Today I’m featuring some of … Read More
Atkinson’s horses for Thursday Art Day I’m really excited to present several of John Atkinson’s paintings for Thursday art day. There is a remarkable quality to John Atkinson’s artwork and especially his horses. ‘Stagshaw Horse Fair’ Single brush strokes highlight … Read More
For Thursday Art day I’m sharing “Homeward Bound” one of Willa Fraysers www.willafrayserstudio.com lastest works. When Willa asked me to write a few words about the painting I was so thrilled I set it into a card design so it … Read More
Harold von Schmidt and ‘Riding Away’ for Thursday Art day For a couple of weeks I’ve missed Thursday Art day mainly because through November I took up the challenge of completing book 3 of the ‘Daughters of the Wind’ series. … Read More
Not horses today for Thursday Art day, instead I’m featuring “The Australian Championship Painted Gumboot” the competition was held at the 113th Cobram Agricultural Society Annual Show 2011 www.cobrambarooga.org.au This year at the Cobram Agricultural Society Annual Show the committee … Read More