My studio has a few decorations for Halloween now. The big preview party for the Weaverville Art Safari is this Friday night so I want "my" horse to be ready for the occasion. I have added more paint, mostly finished on the summer season of "Saturday Night Lights" at TIEC. Working on the fall section now, fox hunting in Tryon. I am using reference photos for both that I took this year.

I have completed the drawing of the design on the fiberglass horse and have begun the painting process. It is interesting to work on a "canvas" that is not flat and I have noticed that depending upon your viewpoint, the perspective shifts. These undulations of the form create a different kind of challenge, but still nothing that I feel overwhelmed about, it is just interesting to see how it changes as you walk around the horse. I am using acrylic paints and with the relative

This photo shows one section of the drawing on the fiberglass horse that is based upon the spring Blockhouse steeplechase event in Tryon. The entire horse had to be drawn so that the design could be carefully planned out before painting. The drawing and painting for the horse will be using photos that I have taken during the actual equestrian events for more accurate references. Once all the fiberglass horses are painted, (I am one of several artists asked to paint the diffe

I am entering my first posts to invite you along my journey with a recent project. I have been asked to paint a fiberglass horse using a design that I created for this purpose. My theme is "Four Seasons in the Foothills" where the four quarters of the horse represent four seasons of equestrian activities in the Tryon, NC area. Here is a photo from the end of July when my gorgeous thoroughbred stallion was delivered to my studio. This is our first encounter.