For Thursday Art-day we enjoy the mythical themed painting “Born of the South Wind” by Willa Frayser www.willafrayserstudio.com “MYTHS BRING THE UNKNOWN INTO RELATION WITH THE KNOWN” Cecil M. Bowra The Purebred Arabian Horse begins a saga with no recorded beginning … Read More
Henry Calvert 1798-c.1869 for Thursday is Art Day It’s lovely to be back writing a Thursday Art Day blog. The complexities of life has slowed me down with my blog’s of late but I’ll endeavour to get back into some … Read More
For Thursday Art Day – Marian Duncan’s “The Legend of the Bloody Shouldered Mare.” Today for Thursday Art Day we celebrate the legends and poems of the Desert Arabian horse. If the beauty of the Arabian horse doesn’t seduce your … Read More
For Thursday Art Day the ‘Eye of Horus’ The ‘Eye of Horus’ plays a largish role in Winds of Time – Book 3 of the ‘Daughters of the Wind’ series. Many may know that in ‘Winds of Time’ my fictional … 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 we look at the tragic poem by Henry Lawson titled “Ballad Of The Drover” and Jill Vanstone’s interpretation of Harry Dale. Harry Dale by Jill Vanstone www.jillvanstone.com This lovely painting brings out ‘light hearted’ expectations at the beginning … Read More
Do you remember the stores you read as a child. For me many of these books remain burned into my mind and I can recall childhood stories probably easier than many of the novels I’ve read as an adult. Naturally … Read More
This week for Thursday Art day we enjoy the art and learn about Sawrey Gilpin. His horses are painted with an elegance and lightness that immediately transports the viewer back into the romance and the urgency of the time. SAWREY GILPIN (1733 … 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