Kenna Al-Sayed is an award winning equine artist who captures the reality of horses in both her detailed paintings and her spirited sketches. “Capturing not only the anatomical correctness of a horse, Kenna strives to catch the personality and emotion from each horse she draws. If a horse is happy, tired, frustrated, annoyed; she wants the viewer…
The Future Of The Polish Arabian Horses
Angel Tarantella’s Arabian mare from Michalow, Poland The Arabian Horse world has been in uproar since the removal of three high-ranking Polish Arabian Horse executive experts in Poland, who have been fired from their posts after a change of government. This new government was recently elected in Poland and now has a new law intact. This new law allows…
Equine Art Insider: Alexa King, Sculptor Of The Barbaro Memorial
Alexa King 1952- Location: Born in Muncie, Indiana, Currently in Versailles, Kentucky, USA Site: http://alexakingstudios.com Having spent over 35 years in the equine art world, Alexa King’s work is internationally known for not only for her ability to capture the beauty and spirit of the equine, but also for her incredible engineering feats. To see an…
A Brief History of the Magnificent Carousel-
A 1909 horse by Marcus Illions in the Coney Island style. Photo by Peter Greenberg Since last week I featured and interviewed Janice Fischer – a photographer who turns horses into carousels– I thought I would do a brief history on carousel horses! Note: I could not find all the photo credits/artists or where these…
Horses Transform Into Carousels by Photographer Janice Ficher
You know when you used to go to the carnival or fair to ride the carousel, and would wish that the horses would come alive? Well, this photographer does the exact opposite: She turns horses into carousels, making your childhood fantasy come alive. Janice Fischer creates unique eye-caching photographs by dressing up your horse to look like…
The Art Of Equestrian Window Desplays
Hermes Horse. Photo from http://rollwithjen.com Hermes Display in Tokyo, China in 2012 House Industries crafted this window display for the Hermes in Tokyo China’s Ginza District. The hand-drawn Hermes horse is made from custom cut Wisconsin cedar. “Stoutly-sculptured cedar characters draped with signature Hermès stablemates carry on our motif throughout twelve animated window installations.” The installation…
The Equestrian Statues Of London
Photo by David Hawgood Artist: English artist George Frederic Watts Made In: 1883; Cast In: 1902 Location: Kensington Gardens, London The first full-size bronze cast of this equestrian sculpture was made at Alessandro Parlanti’s foundry in Fulham in 1902. At the time, it was claimed to be the largest broze sculpture ever cast in Britain. Once the statue…
Paul Globe’s Native American Story Retellings Come Alive In His Books & Illustrations
Paul Globe 1933- Location: Haslemere, England, U.K. Known For: Retelling of native american stories, Illustrator Paul globe’s fist book, Red Hawk’s Account of Custer’s Last Battle, was published in 1969. Since then, Globe has published many books, mostly featuring re-tellings of native american stories and myths. My favorite book of his is “The Girl Who Loved…
Chalk Horses In (and Around!) Wiltshire Part 2
Westbury White Horse – Photo Source: Wikipedia The Westbury Or Bratton White Horse The Westbury white horse is one of the oldest of the Wiltshire horses and is also one of the best placed being high on a very steep slope. It is on Westbury Hill, on the edge of the Bratton Downs, below the…
Chalk Horses of (and Around!)Wiltshire Part 1
Source: Wikipedia/USGS – World Wind Licensed under Public Domain The Passion between horses and humans has been represented in many different forms though out time and space–from Century-old myths and legends, international events, movies, to paintings and sculpture. Today I will be showing you another form that people have been celebrating their equine partner- Chalk…
Art Of The Horse 