Sulphur Horse

Fresh off the easel, this is a 6X6 pastel of a Sulphur Horse (mustang) currently available for adoption through the Bureau of Land Management. Photo reference provided by the BLM. The painting is not currently for sale as I might enter it in a show, but for information on the real horse visit his page here.  For information about the history and origin of the Sulphur horse can be found here. They are one of a few wild horse herds that are Iberian (Spanish) that has been shown through DNA testing. They sure are gorgeous!

Mustang Filly

Just finished this girl up yesterday, from a photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management's online adoption gallery. The info listed with her was "2 year old 14 hand pinto filly # 9641,  captured 11/27/12 from Little Owyhee HMA (Nevada)". 6X6 soft pastel on Pastelmat (heavy card stock pastel surface):

Heading to the Randy Higbee 6X6 show in Costa Mesa California! Show opens in December.

Happy Goat

I haven't been posting much because, well, I have done a bunch of failed paintings recently. I've been told this means I am on the edge of a breakthrough, hopefully this is true because it sure has been a fight lately. Somehow in the midst of all this this goat happened:

Heading to the Randy Higbee Gallery 6X6 show in Costa Mesa, California. The show opens in December.

 Photo reference for this provided by PaintMyPhoto member Lenora Melville. Thank you Lenora!