Showing posts with label Tag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tag. Show all posts

November 23, 2012

The Foster Farm








This Thanksgiving Seth and I made the very short trip to the Foster's (remember the barn we got married in?) and stuffed ourselves with homemade everything.  Everything about this place gives me the warm fuzzies: the people, the food, the horses, and the kittens.  Five little kittens!  High up in the hay loft in the Foster's big white barn now live five little mouse-hunting, playful, and snuggly kittens.  Two black, two gray striped, and one very affectionate black and white kitten who got most of my attention.  They really have it made up there in the hay loft with so many places play and sleep and explore.

And then there's Tag, Seth's white quarter horse who rolls in the mud until he's Seth's gray and brown quarter horse.  I love their winter coats and Tag's long pretty mane.  And those fuzzy Mule ears get me every time.

So here's a little part of my Thanksgiving day, and did I mention how thankful I am to you for meeting me here so often?  I'm always thankful for a space to share and for a friend who hears.

October 8, 2012

Tag and the 88

Tag and the 88
original oil on canvas, 22x28"




With the gallery reception behind me I can finally take a deep breath and reset my focus.  These past few weeks have felt to me a little something like an emerging.  A transformation.   My studio has been my cocoon for the past month and suddenly I found myself thrust into the bright sun light, ready to face the big and dangerous world, eager to stretch and show off my new found wings.

Now that's it over my focus and purpose has changed and things like relishing the Fall weather, seasonal cooking, day trips and mini-vacations, pumpkin patches, and new Fall paintings are all tantalizingly real possibilities!

Which brings me to Tag, my husband's white quarter horse featured (for sale) here.  Every year around this time Seth and I take several state-wide horse and mule riding trips.  Just last week was such a trip, for Seth anyways.  I had to stay home and prepare for the gallery opening.  But, I think in the next few weeks, now that my time has been freed up, we'll drive out one day and ride through an equestrian park or something fairly close to home.

I wanted to feature this painting today because I love Tag so much and find him to be one of the most beautiful and elegant horses.  I'm sure he'll be featured in many more paintings to come!

Seth and Tag

Jamie and Tag