I owe my art gift to Jazz

New work "Spirited"
Charcoal on canvas 18 x 24 inches

This is Jazz and I 

Jazz was born in 1986

He was my best buddy

My horse Jazz is why I do art. When I lost him, I was obsessed with finding all the photos I had of him, which was not nearly enough. I signed up for art lessons to learn to draw horses. My idea was to draw him doing all the things I never got a photo of. I wanted to write and illustrate the story of Jazz. Not sure now if I will ever do that but he died in 1997 and I am still doing art and doing it more passionately than ever. I owe this gift to him. 

He was so handsome!

I have been steadily focuses more and more on drawing and painting and I have a plan for a new series. I am also planning on having an art show at my residence in late summer. Stay tuned for future updates. :)

More art journaling and spring flowers

Conte crayons

Happy Appy

ipad collage using my portrait

Helebore or Christmas Rose

Pan pastel over gelli print

I made a quill from a Turkey Vulture feather

Don't think its finished just yet

          

Yes thats better

Conte crayons on a Gelli print background

New art, I have been busy :)

I have been busy in the art studio this winter. I have enrolled in numerous online art courses and having a blast! It is going to take quite some time to go through all the lessons.  Much of what I have posted is just me play some is from my lessons.

Enjoy! 

Using my ipad to make digital collages from my own art

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Buddhette

Gelli print background with Pan pastels

Mooooooooo

Fishy

Collage on Gelli print

Jazz - my horse

Using my ipad to make digital collages from my own art

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Guy

ink and watercolour

Gizelle

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Determined

painting expressions

After I did this I realized that its Mom!

The Devine

graphite and pastel on grey paper

For Kellie

We swap journals and this is in hers.

Wildfire

Gouache on gelli print background

Oz the ostrich

conte crayon on gelli print

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Murphy

Gelli print with collaged bird?

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Zen doodles on Gelli print

Used iPad to make digital collages from my own photos

for all the collages in this post I used "Pen and Ink"

Vinnie thinks he is a person!

Pan pastel

Uncovering

More Journal pages.

This was done as a background with acrylic paint and bubble wrap an then I added umber paint. Later when I went back and looked at it I saw this horse and painting in the negative space I uncovered the horse so others could also see.

Playing with Zentangles. I painted in the background with walnut ink.

Sister talk

I changed my desktop to this photo and I thought I would share it with you. They are sisters Rodlechien and Personality (the bay). I bought Personality from Ms Eva Maria Boerschmann way back about 1980.

For a short time Rodlechien was boarded at my barn. I trained Personality in dressage and then Bred her to a black Trakehner stallion Gaillard and she had a beautiful colt Jazzman who I kept and trained in dressage and jumping. I loved dressage! So technical and yet so beautiful. The partnership to me was the best of all, having your best friend with whom you can spend hours practicing and perfecting your craft and also trail riding, playing and relaxing with. They don't use words but they can sure talk if you listen. What are these two saying? "You move over", "No, YOU move over", "NO, YOU MOVE OVER!!!" Sisters, geesh! :)