Here is an update of the bear painting....

Well... I am trying to upload an update photo of the bear painting but I have been unsuccessful in doing so!! I will keep trying throughout the day! Geez the internet is frustrating sometimes!!!

Been a LOOOOONG Time!

Wow! It has been AGES since I have posted anything!

I am ashamed to say that I have been having a dry spell of epic proportions!! Life has gotten in the way - and a job that makes me wanna jump out of a window most days has managed to leave me so drained and uninspired!

I have however, started a new project!! It is a bear.... not a horse though! Hahaha! I took one of those 'adventure' day trips to see grizzly bears! What an amazing time I had! I got a lot of great photos to work from!

Also, I have joined the new group 'International Equine Artists'. Debbie Flood started this group up to kind of fill the void left behind by the now definct 'Equine Art Guild'. The group is growing by the day and I am looking forward to being a part of it and learning from all of these talented people!! If you get a chance to check it out - please do! there is a directory where you can find all the websites fir all of the members... and if you are an equine artist, feel free to join!!

So - anyways - I promise I will try to be a little more dilligent in posting!! Winter is coming so I imagine I will have more free time!!

My goodness! I have been neglecting this thing for a LONG time!! Hope everyone is doing well!

I have been busy - I have a lot of commissions on my plate right now. 'Mike & Joe' got finished up and is about to be given as a gift to Mike by the gal who took the photo of them before Joe died. I am so excited to see the photos of his reaction! Makes it all worth while!

I sent out another piece for a young fellow who just wanted me to draw him a grazing clydesdale after he sw my other grazing draft and really liked it. I am also still working on the piece 'Chip' that he is going to give to his grandpa.

Then there is Saad, a gorgeous Akhal-Teke that I am doing for a lady in Norway. He is slow going - and I drew him a little too big. Now I have to try and bring him down a few nothches and I am having some trouble with that. Oh the frustration! If only I could quit my job and do this full time!

Aside from all of the commissions on my plate, when I get sick of doing the tasks at hand, I find myself "experimenting" with little drawings on scrapbook paper woth interesting prints on them. I love drawing on papers with an already existing abstract looking background. It adds so much to a drawing I think!

ALSO - I think my last post happened before I got my cat. I now have a little buddy for my studio! He is just so great and I can't get enough of the little guy! I feel like he was my missing piece. Yeah it sounds corny - but I love having a kitty!

So - I have this idea. I want to start a newsletter for equine artists. Like - a newsletter you get in the mail. I wan to do it every other month, with a "20 questions" kinda interview with a fellow artist to get to know them a little better, maybe product reviews from other artists, updates on new works done by artists, contests, perhaps classifieds... done in full colour, available as a subscription. I will research what it will cost me to make them and mail them . I do not want to make money from it - I would just like to share things with people in an old fashioned way!! I know with the Facebook and Twitter and the internet - it may be hard to get interest - but I still hope that enough people might be intrigued by the idea of getting something they can sit down and flip through with a cup of coffee. Just a little "homemade", sent out with love little newsletter done by a fellow artist - and filled with news and things about their peers. It sure as heck won't be as spectacular as the Horses in Art magazine - but I would like it to be personal and well though out and something that you all can participate in! I have been posting up on Facebook this idea I have - but I have not been getting the response that I would have liked. I hope you may take an interest in this and let me know if you do! I will research and come up with costs and ideas and let you know! Email me at islandponyartstudio@hotmail.com if you wanna be in this loop!!

Well - again - another long overdue post! Boy have I been busy with commission work as of late! Is sure is exciting for me! I feel like my dreams are starting ti come true where my art is concerned! I was even asked by a gal all the way in NORWAY to draw her absolutely STUNNING Akhal-Teke, Saad! I am looking forward to that piece very much! It is just tough to keep up right now with work and all! Such a busy place - and I am on my feet all day - I am just totally exhausted at the end of the day.Sometimes it is hard to muster up any ambition at all!! My drawing a day adventure was thwarted when I went back to work and that was really disappointing to me. So, here are two pieces from recent days. The bottom one is a commission piece for a friend of a friend of hers and his recently passed horse. It is a sort of unfamiliar territory for me - as I do not draw people that often. But I like the way it is progressing! Then, up at the top is a small piece that I did on suede mat. I hit the jackpot at the framers with mat pieces!! It is cheaper than most paper and it is way better to draw on!! I think I have a few final touches to do on him and then I am gonna put him up for sale! :) Anyways, I must be off.... to get ready to WORK on a Saturday. I hope you all have a wonderful day!!