Linda Shantz' artistic education has come from hours of drawing time and direct involvement with the animals she so admires.

Shantz works in oil, oil pastel and pencil and depicts a variety of equine subjects, striving to capture both accurate anatomy, and the spirit of the horse. Rolex: The Head Of The Lake is an oil pastel.

Shantz, Campbellville, Ont., balances her artwork with training her homebred Thoroughbred filly for the races and operating a small lay-up facility.