The monster-sized garbage truck was headed straight for the horse I was riding down busy Columbus Avenue, at the height of evening rush hour on New York City’s Upper West Side. Gears grinding loudly, the vehicle kept chugging toward us as I maneuvered my horse as close as possible to the parked cars along the curb in an attempt to avoid a truck-horse-human collision.
The perpetually rearing wooden horse still stares out the enormous picture window oblivious to the constant bustle of New York City, just as he’s done since 1912. All around him, the world has changed. The once plentiful shops offering equestrian accouterments to clients with names like Rockefeller and Kennedy have disappeared, leaving Manhattan Saddlery as the sole surviving tack shop in the borough.
It was 8:45 p.m. on a Thursday evening. It was dark, wet and cold outside. I had 24 hours until the chili cook-off fundraiser I’d been planning for the Area II Young Riders, and the anxiety was setting in, as it always does before any function I plan.
I was doing my best to balance my time between my full-time job at Sinead Halpin Eventing, my part-time job at Prestige Saddles, my commitment to Young Riders, my part-time job teaching at River Edge Farm, and my personal commitment to fitness.
Lexington Bank By Booth Malone
Artist Booth Malone, Midland, Ga., is widely known throughout the south for his portraiture of adults, children and animals. He has a remarkable talent for capturing the animation—the fleeting moment or expression unique to his subject—that defines the individual.
The Biscuit Apron By Elizabeth Cameron
Elizabeth Cameron’s portrait paintings are the expression of a lifelong passion for art. She’s a 1974 graduate of Layton School of Art & Design (Wis.) who has been painting portraits full time for two decades.
“I love to study what makes each subject uniquely themselves,” she said. “I enjoy painting people with their horses and dogs.”
On The Bit By Joanna Zeller
Artist Joanna Zeller said capturing the essence of a horse’s personality is a matter of looking. “The tilt of the head, the position of the ears, the look in an eye,” she said. “Most horses will tell you who they are if you give them a chance.”
Mother And Child By Marjorie Pesek
Nationally acclaimed for her innovative technique, Marjorie Pesek’s artwork appears to be vibrant oil painting. But instead, they’re canvases of detailed layered images. She blends shapes, color and lighting into the fabric and backgrounds of her pieces.
Through keen observation, Pesek captures the realistic likeness and the deeper essence and personality of her characters.
Cart And Pony By Kathryn Capley
Kathryn Capley specializes in sculptures that range in scale from tabletop to life-sized. She’s a full member of the American Academy of Equine Art, and her work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the country.
Capley, a graduate of Illinois State University, said that she tries to “depict horses caught in an instant.”
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