Show Bull Jumping 1

Here is the first view of the progress on Show Bull Jumping! These are the first layers of this very large piece, and the current colors will change quite a lot. My daughter Jennifer, who competes in international show jumping, will undoubtedly call me right away to add her comments (or express her horror!). Lots of fun, and do share it with your friends who need a bit of cheering up today.

Gallery Representation

I am delighted to announce that my polo work is now represented by The Chisholm Gallery of Millbrook, NY. Jeanne Chisholm is well known for her forward thinking and creativity in  providing collectors with the finest sporting art and antiques. Please visit her website, http://chisholmgallery.com, and peruse the many talented artists in her stable. I am so pleased to be included in her roster...you will see that I am in really good company! To find my work, go to "Search Artists" on the right side of her home page, click on "By Name", and you'll find my name and my paintings. Happy Holidays, everyone!

Frolicking

This piece is a children's book illustration and is almost finished. Two doggies doing what doggies like to do best...play!

Frolicking

Here is the beginning of "Frolicking", an oil pastel on Claybord, 12"x24". Great fun! Also, ribbons at the Western Carolina State Fair, "Five Rabbits in a Forest" won a first, "Polo Picnic" won a second, and "The Andalusian" won a second.

The resin pourings are doing great and I'll post those next time. I'm back in the studio full time again, and will take time out to compete in the American Competition Trail Horse Asso. rides; the next one will be in December in Aiken. Can't wait...time to get the Connemara pony out of mothballs and get us both in shape!

New Pieces

"Playing by the Beach", is an oil pastel on board, approximately 18" x 24".  "Polo Down Under", a mixed media 18" x 18", is the final of Wax Spin seen in an earlier post. It has fish and other creatures swimming around with real shells, and the ball is being commandeered by a fish at the bottom left. It sold at the show in Middleburg, VA. "Steeplechase" is an 18" x 24", oil pastel on board.

New pieces to be posted

Here is Ruffles guarding the prints that have pencil illustrations at the bottom. Animals are always welcome in the studio and there are many cozy beds scattered around for snoozing. Also, here is a diorama called The Polo Picnic, and it measures about 14" wide and 10" tall. The background is from one of my paintings, and the foreground has many details and goodies: a little dog about to scarf down someone's unguarded sandwich, bottles of Gilbey's Gin and Chevis on the table, a cake, pastries, cheeses, Cokes and grapes underneath, and a bucket of carrots and apples on the chair with a halter, polo mallet and ball close by. There are plants, grass, a little fence, and a basket of watermelons. This piece will go on the website when I return from the World Equestrian Games in KY, but if you are interested in investing in this fun work that is guaranteed to make you smile, you may reserve it now for $500.00. More detailed photos from different angles are available.

Paintings in the Nandina window

The box for In The Sleepy Country has been built, I'll hand rub some white color into it, and then I'm ready for the resin pour. Meanwhile, Nandina, here in Aiken, carries my work, and here is a photo of their current window with four of my paintings. Nandina offers fine home furnishings and design services, especially for the growing polo community that is establishing polo playing and breeding farms in and outside Aiken. We now have, at last count, forty eight polo fields!