I seem to be missing a day. No idea what happened here…
Anyway, November 4 is a really tiny cutesy canvas of 4 inches across. This is the two-year old foal my friend S got as a wedding gift. It’s a mixed Lusitano and a wild roaming Dartmoor pony. You see, they have a small herd of these ponies running wild in some nature reserve, and there is this Lusitano stallion who breaks out once a year, travels a few miles, and has his way with the mares. The result is a number of unwanted mixed offspring.
This foal was one of the reasonably nice ones. It was very wild and scared, and it’s legs are a bit wonky. But my friend S is brilliant with training difficult horses and she is doing wonders with this foal. She has had her for 5 months now and even her legs are getting more straight.
I painted this tiny canvas with the gluebrush, a bit difficult.
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November 5, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Solomon2
I look at this animal and think, “Clueless.” Ever look at Goya’s painting of the Spanish royal family? link You look closely, and you realize he’s painted a collection of imbeciles. (And then you laugh, because you realize these same imbeciles paid good money for such a portrait!) This is the same feeling.
November 5, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Aafke
I know what you mean, they have these blank stares, as they pose in their expensive dresses.
This was when I saw the phone first. She had only just been taken into a stable for the very first time. It’s high time I see her again, because on the photos I’ve seen of her she is doing very well!
November 10, 2009 at 1:33 pm
lat
A two yr old could look that big! So adorable!
How are mixed offsprings different from originals? Like to know.
November 15, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Aafke
Lat, they’re just horses. But sometimes the cmbination works out very well, and sometimes not so good. Especially if you cross two very different breeds. This is a very cute horse, she’s allready grown a lot and looks very nice. Her legs are a bit wonky but that can happen with any foal.