For Thursday Art Day a selection of wonderful horse quotes with elegant ladies riding side-saddle – a bygone era, all painted by Alfred de Dreaux. A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful … 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
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
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