A reporter for a local newspaper asked me what my most treasured art possession was. That question was posed to me almost thirty years ago, yet my answer would be the same today. My parent’s commissioned an artist to create a pastel portrait of my horses’ head back in 1976. Though my horse has since […]
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Is pleasure riding in California destined to be a thing of the past? Growing up in Northern California, I rode my horses throughout Contra Costa County. While I no longer own horses, my most treasured art possession is a pastel portrait of my horse. I recently visited downtown Napa and discovered equine art – horse
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Glaswegian sculptor Andy Scott has a gift for creating public art. Over the last eight years his professional life has bordered on a larger-than-life obsession with horses. Horse head sculptures: the Kelpies is a 100 foot tall (30 meter) high horses’ head sculptures on display at the Fourth and Clyde Canal near Falkirk on central
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Can you spot Elvis Presley in this picture of a horse and carriage on Beale Street in historic downtown Memphis, Tennessee?
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Written by Nancy D. Brown 2014 marks the year of the horse. Happy Chinese New Year! The spirit of this Chinese zodiac sign is said to be warm-hearted, energetic, intelligent and able. It is thought that people born in the year of the wood horse have excellent communication skills and enjoy being in the spotlight.
Equine Photographer Manuela Stefan While I have had the great fortune of horseback riding in some of the most beautiful places in the world during my work as a travel writer, it is some of my online discoveries that are most rewarding. Recently, I viewed Manuela Stefan’s engaging photos of horses when she was on
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You can spot them from a distance. Their strong necks draped in floral leis; their bodies covered in brightly colored Hawaiian silk fabric. These high stepping parade horses carry pa’u riders. These Hawaiian royalty, with a historic past, make their presence known in today’s rebirth of the island of Lana’i. Festivals of Aloha It has
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Home on the Range in Wyoming at Jackson Fork Ranch Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day. While the poem “My Western Home” was originally written by Dr. Brewster M. Higley
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Interview with Equestrian Artist Jessi Sparkman On my last trip to Montana I discovered an Equestrian Artist named Jessi Sparkman. Unfortunately, I did not have the pleasure of meeting Jessi in person. I found Jessi online via Twitter, the micro messaging social media platform. I noticed a #MontanaMoment photo that Jessi had posted on Twitter.
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