Blonde Girl with Red Lips

24 x 18 Acrylic on canvas board derived from New York Times advertisement promoting lipstick. The girl in the advert was a red head and as a follow on too this a brunette with Hazel eyes will  be the next painting forming a Diptych.

Broken ribs and horse riding

I've fell off again (third time since January) this time while riding my second horse Zanti. She is a gentle mare and was only trying to catch up with the rest of the herd. We had stayed back while the others cantered off in the distance and so I decided lets catch them up and went into a trot which was going well but Zanti had seen the others canter and slipped smoothly into a canter. I was not prepared for this and promptly fell forward still grasping the reins which snapped in two breaking my ring finger and when I hit the ground I found out later that I had broken six ribs. I have been restricted in the painting world but am recovering and will soon stroke the canvas again. I think I will be using more reds and purple colors to point to the pain experienced during this time. Experience is a good provider of inspiration and I look forward to seeing what I will create once I stroke that canvas again.

Tempest VI - Horse

24 x 18 acrylic on canvas board. Part of the Tempest series of horses showing inner energy only the horses can see.

The Embrace

24 x 18 acrylic on canvas board. Abstract concept of two people about to kiss for the first time and the energy flowing within each of them is visible et al.

Bless you my son

24 x 18 Acrylic on canvas board derived from the age old question: was there a Christ? The image is hoped to be thought provoking and it pictures a priest blessing a child. The priest could be from another world or energised by the holy spirit or what ever your mind would like you to think, ie. thought provoking. I am a believer in Christ but two thirds of the world believe in another God, i.e. thought provoking.

Tempest V - Horse

24x 18 Acrylic on canvas board. The concept is that on the back of any horse is an angel that is there to protect the rider when they ride. I have had two very spectacular falls of my painted horse Summer in 2011 and had wished that an angel was on the horses back to protect me during the fall.

Red Barn

24 x 18 Acrylic on canvas board derived from photo and sketch taken at the Red Barn that is the home of Missouri Fox Trotter "Summer" and American Quarter Horse "Zany". These two older horses in the twilight of their lives enjoying their companionship and comraderie.