30 Paintings in 30 Days. Day 7

When I walked  into my studio at 4:00 this afternoon, I didn't know what I was going to paint. I really love painting horses, even though I'm not a rider and

 I had taken a bunch of photos of the horses in the wagon camp during the CPCA Chuckwagon finals week here in Lloydminster.  This horse belongs to Wayne Knight, from St. Walburg, Saskatchewan.   I call this one 

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 The Knight

40x20

Acrylic on canvas 

Available 

30 Paintings in 30 Days. Day 5

What to paint today??  Hmm. I love painting horses, and on the way home from the lake today, there were about 25 wild horses on both sides of the road.......And one donkey.  I took tons of photos, and they were spectacular!!  I've had such fun painting this young warrior pony, that I've just realized it's almost 3:00AM!!!  And I don't feel tired at all.  And I actually really like the sketch the way it is.  

It's still wet.  I will take a better photo later.  

Warrior Pony

11x14

Acrylic on Canvas 

Available 

Sometimes, you just change your mind......

I started this painting, for a show a local decorator, Dawn's Interiors, is hosting in her shop.  The show is called "A Prarie Winter". Round bales in the snow, so typical of the prairies. The more I worked on it the less I was happy with it, though. I got looking at more photos on Morguefile, a site that has copyright free photos you can use and I got re-inspired!  Then it turned into this!   Yup, painted right over that sucker!! And I LOVE it. 

It's 16 x 20  and my daughter, Angela, suggested the name " Storm", Perfect!  I dropped it off yesterday for the show.  Sometimes (always) it's better to stop the struggle and change directions.  

Have a great day!