I love to draw horses

The first thing I remember drawing when I was about five or six years old was a horse.  I wanted to own a horse from the time I was just a little boy.  I rode horses a lot during my youth, but was never able to own one.  I raised other animals but never a horse.  My favorite horses are quarter horses, thoroughbreds, and Arabians.  I love the build, and quickness of a quarter horse.  I love the speed of a thoroughbred.  I love the dished head and large eyes of an arabian.  I love their stamina.

I found a picture on the internet of this black horse.  It is supposed to be a quarter horse, but it has the head of a thoroughbred.  I love it's form as it gallops through an open field of wildflowers.  I painted it in colored pencil.  The painting is about 12"x15".  I did the painting on 17.5" x 23" high rag content white paper so the large white field around the painting can be part of the matting when it is framed.  I am excited to get prints made.  I haven't decided on a sales price for the original yet, but probably around $250 or so. 
11"x14" prints will likely be $45.

Quail Gallery

With the beginning of a new year, and with lots of enthusiasm and a little fear and trepidation, I introduce a new blog for my fine art creations.  This site will contain some of my former creations and many of my new pieces as they are created.  Many of these works, or reproductions of them, are for sale.  Many have been sold as original works or in some cases have been sold as reproductions.  I work in a variety of mediums and enjoy them all.  I hope you will enjoy my works of art and perhaps add a few to your collections.

I usually create at least one piece each year that I call my seasonal piece.  The oil painting I did this past Christmas is of Santa Claus showing reverence to the Christ Child.  It's not a new idea, but I'm unaware of any other quite like it.  The original is oil on canvas and is 20" wide and 24" high.  It is for sale for $575.00 unframed, and $700.00 framed.  I have 8"x10" prints that are matted to 11"x14" I'm selling for $35.00.  Shipping costs vary depending on the carrier and distance.  The average shipping cost is about $8.00 for the matted prints.

This is a pencil drawing I did for Christmas, 1998.  I did it as a Christmas gift for friends and family.  It became the composition for the oil painting above it.

For Christmas, 2009 I created a computer illustration of Santa searching for the Christ Child.  I created it from a watercolor painting I did in 1998.  The original watercolor is 22" wide by 28" high.  Currently I am selling 8'x10" prints of this computer illustration for $30 with a matte.  The matte size is 11"x14".  I'm considering selling the original, or at least prints of the original, but haven't done so yet.  The original watercolor is framed and really ads to the true spirit of Christmas, as even Santa is focused on finding the Christ Child.