Le Cadeau du Cheval, The Horse Gift, update

I'm having a hard time photographing this so it looks like what I've painted, but here's another update. Unless I change something after looking at this for a while, it's finished. I could go crazy and repaint the whole thing at this point. I just don't know....
Donna

Le Cadeau du Cheval, The Horse Gift, update

Not much to say about this but it is coming along. It feels like I still have a lot of decisions to make about it, but that's ok. It will happen ...I will get this finished!
Donna

Le Cadeau du Cheval, The Horse Gift-update

I thought I was going to work on my panel tonight, came into the little studio and here was Scarlet, working away on my project! See that white paint on her tail?

Yes, I know my studio is a mess, but you ought to see how nice my yard looks! Grass is mowed, flowers are blooming....the donkeys are happy...:)



Actually, Scarlet is laying in some mountains. She's about to finish up some detail work, put in some grass, some rocks on the mountains. Wish she'd hurry up and finish this for me!
Donna

Horse Gift panel WIP beginning.

I've been thinking since learning of this project, about the gifts horses give us.

My horse Class is such a wonderful mare, who's produced some beautiful babies who compete in the sport horse world.

A "right minded" mare gives us so many things. First of all, she gives us her body and her well being to produce a foal. After the foal is born, a good mare, teaches that baby tolerance, patience, curiosity, friendliness, more virtues than I can extol!

So my panel for Le Cadeau du Cheval mural is all about the good mare, and the gifts she gives to us and her babies.

As soon as I saw my panel, I knew what I wanted to paint on it. It's taken me a while to get started, but I think I'm off and running now.
Donna Ridgway
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