Today I had too much fun with this. I can’t imagine a better job! Th
e dicipline of daily painting is interesting; I paint things that I never would in a larger format. They’re so much FUN though, that it’s hugely added to the enjoyment, and I think has opened up a lot of venues of expression. I find myself asking myself “what if” a lot more than I ordinarily would. Like today…what if I painted a pretty rodeo bull all decked out for Christmas. What IF!!
5 X 7″ on 200lb paper
So, we have horses again today….wild & woolly horses with gnarly manes, painted patches and ears on full alert. Have I ever mentioned how much I love painting horses?
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Remember Bruce’s Beautiful Broncs, one of my “dailies” from late summer? Well this is them again. Pacing with nervous energy in the morning before the rodeo, they bunch together like the herd animals they are, the air absolutely crackling with their collective power. Horses rock.
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If you’ve spent much time around horses, you’ll have noticed how sensitive and expressive their ears are. Capable of swivelling pretty much 360 degrees, and perking, flattening, flopping and pinning, they’re like barometers of these beautiful animal’s every thought and intention. Having said all of that, I don’t think we have any idea of the extent of the information horses receive and send via their exquisitely beautiful ears.
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Having done my “painterly ” paint a couple of days ago, I tried to bring that to my usual, more representational style. That always “tightens” the results, but I think I did manage to let the paint just do what it does without interfering too much. I’d like to try it again, this time allowing for more pure colour to remain.
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Ah, my favourite subject again today….bucking horses. One of the main reasons being, that they’re so dishevelled and “wild” looking; horses in their natural state. It’s fun to try and get that tangled hair and and wary demeanour into a painting, especially when there’s lots of light involved.These guys were athletes performing at last week’s Medicine Hat Stampede.
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Well today, there was no time to paint, so all you get is a photo. It’s the 125th Anniversary of the Medicine Hat Stampede and my house is full of people. Great and wonderful people. Family and friends. We had a great day; the weather is absolutely perfect, and there was never a dull moment.
Because of the Anniversary, the Stampede is having a reunion of all the past royalty, so this town is absolutely full to the brim with beautiful cowgirls of every vintage. They took up 2 city blocks in the parade this morning, mostly on horseback, and were truly a sight to behold. One of them is my darling friend Terri Mappin (whose photography blog is attached to this blog of mine) which is why she and her hubby Brad and their 2 little “dudes” are staying here at my house. Many others of those girls are well-known to me as well, and beloved because I’ve known them all their lives, or they worked for me in my store, or both!
I sure hope somebody got some photos in the parade; I was too busy gawking and tearing up, so all you get is another of my favourite subjects….bucking horses as they moved into their pens at the grounds.
My friend Bruce Flewelling is the stock contractor who supplies bucking horses to the Ranch Rodeo at Nanton….among lots of others. What a lovely, fit-looking band of horses, with lots of roans (which are fun to paint because you can paint them pink and purple, blue and green.) But when it was time to buck, they nearly came unglued. I think we’ll be seeing quite a few of them at the finals if they keep performing like that.
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As you know, I love colour, and that’s one of the reasons I’m such a rodeo fan. If you want colour, that’s where it’s at Baby! Rodeo people are colourful, in every sense of the word, but oh, the horses and the bulls!!
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