Equestrian artist Arden Cone’s relationship to the horse show world is a closely examined one. Like most daughters of professional trainers, she grew up with a realist’s view of it. It is a scene of excess and privilege, but the glamorous exterior doesn’t hide the truth from everyone. After all, glamour has to be manufactured…
Equestrian Art
The Kentucky Derby’s Official Poster Artist: Susan Easton Burns
The thoroughbreds prance in place. Their potential energy is on the verge of explosion as their hot blood pumps its way through swollen veins. Their nostrils flare as they are led to the gates. The excitement is livid, yet—unbelievably—it is dwarfed. The lens pans out and they become blips on the radar. The crowd of…
Menlo Charity Horse Show Announces 2014 “Artist of the Year”
Internationally Acclaimed Photographer Peter Samuels Atherton, California—April 3, 2014–The Menlo Charity Horse Show committee is pleased to announce the selection of Ready When You Are and internationally acclaimed photographer Peter Samuels as “Artist of the Year. The Menlo Charity Horse Show will take place August 5 – 10, 2014 at the Menlo Circus Club in…
Cast in Light: Featuring the Art of Robert Stack
A blue shadow falls across the corner of a plain, whitewashed building. Robert Stack watches as the sun plays its game with shapes and colors. It is the same game it has played for billions of years. Mundane, yes—literally the most mundane occurrence in the world—but it is complex enough to keep an artist’s attention…
The Equestrian Photography of Charlotte Abramow
In her series, “Allure Cavalière,” French photographer Charlotte Abramow captures the horse and rider in the intimate setting of the stable yard. For the young Abramow, to do so was to return to her equestrian roots. The camera follows the model throughout the stables and ring, watching coolly as she sits astride or stands beside her…
Meredith Dwyer Paintings and Miniature Pendants
Are you looking for a little something to give this holiday season? We may have found just the thing. Meredith Dwyer’s miniature paintings, superb in detail and uncanny in likeness, are often as small as a dime! The fox pendant shown below would complement any equestrian styled outfit. Most of Dwyer’s works are done on…