I have been invited to exhibit my work along with a few other Maine artists in an Invitational Equine Art Show at the Northeast Horseman's Conference and Trade Show Invitational Art Show (can you say that quickly five times ?) , January 16th and 17th, 2010 in Augusta, Maine.  I'm hoping to get a few small paintings done for that show.  I'm presently dabbling with "tonalism" for my show in Charleston this winter and hope to get one or two painted for this show.  "Tonalism" lends itself to increased luminosity in paintings, which I adore.  So come take a look in January!

Below is a photo I took about a month or two ago of the horses heading out of the barn in the morning.  The first thing they do is go to the apple trees to eat what apples have fallen overnight.  Gracy, the dark bay, is always particularly eager to beat the others in getting there as witnessed in the following photo. 



Gracy has been boarding here for close to ten years and will be leaving soon to a  new barn her owner had built on her property for Gracy and her friend, Periwinkle, the gray pony on the left. We're going to miss Gracy!  She's been a (bossy) part of the family for a very long time.
These two photos might be incentive for a painting for the show in Augusta!