Horse mirage1

First stage of another painting from the outback. We travelled for 350k's without seeing another car and during that time we came across a herd of horses that were walking towards a mirage. It reminded me of the Native American painting of the Vanishing Breed, these horses out in the middle of nowhere, no feed on the ground, terrain like a Marscape, the harshness and yet the beauty, heading into the haze...vanishing. This part of the trip really touched my heart. Lots of work to go on this painting, have not put the horses in yet. Will post next stage with the original photo.

Nearly finished this commission, just a bit of tidying up around the edges, and the final once over. I love seeing horses do this, a look of total enjoyment comes over the eyes, unspoken communicaton. Hope you like seeing the stages of development.

Shaman's Moondance

My Shaman is coming to the end of his time here in this world, he is now 35 years old and sadly doesn't look like this anymore. He is loosing his sight and hearing and lives for his twice daily warm feeds of bran, pellets, molasses, 3 mixes of chaff and extra bits of love thrown in. I see him some afternoons just gazing out over the valley and imagine him remembering his wonderful life and hopefully the times we shared and dreaming of where his next journey will take him. I often see horses in the clouds, dancing and running free, I know my Shaman sees them too and will one day join them.

A Mother's Love

This is a one of my commissions. The owner phoned me when the foal was born and I went round the next day, the foal not even 24 hours old to meet her, sit in wonderment of the miracle of birth and take photos for my painting.  What an honour!

 I love the way  it feels like the mare is cuddling her foal and the foal is hiding behind her mum for protection.  The mare's name is Stevie and the foal is Kunarma. To me it just speaks volumes of a mothers love  for her baby regardless be it human or animal. SOLD

Shaman

This is my 'Shaman' he has been my friend for the last 14 years. As in the painting Shaman has a dark side which only comes out when he chooses. He is a very old soul who commands your respect and absolute devotion.