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What horse paintings or pictures do you have in your house? At HOYS years ago I fell in love with Terry Kirkwood's pictures, plus I have a lovely little print that I really like the colours of.

I don't have any traditional horse pictures (apart from photos of my mini xc attempt!) but I have a needle felted Bobbi picture and intend to get a pencil drawn one too.

What pictures do you have and who is your favourite artist?
 

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I have a portrait of my horse in the sitting room, it was a present for my 40th. Makes me smile everytime I see it.
 
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I'm currently homeless but qhen I had a house I had these pictures...

Just a cheapy out of sainsburys/habitat but I thought it was cute

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An artist friend in America sent me a print of one of her pictures as a thank you present.

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I've bought this Mark Maggiori print but don't have it framed yet. I just want all of his work, and when I win the lottery I will buy an original, but perhaps a bit of overkill on the cowboy theme for a small Scottish House (if I ever find a house to buy again ?). I love his skies and clouds as much as the horses in his work.

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I bought a couple of knock off canvases because I thought it was someone reselling their prints. He only does one print run of each picture then thats it and only does two runs a year. So if you miss it you miss it and I missed both these prints. I stuck them up in the spare room while I was selling it so the walls didn't look so bare.

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My mum bought me this. It was on sale at a garden centre having an art show thing so she thought of me.

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I feel the need to point out that everything was spaced out and it wasn't like going to a cowboy museum (unfortunately) ?

Oh and three b&w canvases of Chip, Doobie (my last ex racer) with my niece when she was wee and TPO
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TPO very generously gave me this when my foal was young ? its such a cute picture and captured her nosy little face perfectly

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I also have HHO to thank for this beauty, which came from Clodagh ?
Now we own the house i can paint a wall for it to go on, up to now its just been a spectacular backdrop for my bedside lamp ?

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Many other pics on the walls but they are all photos.
 
I have 2 old Seaby wood cut paintings in the hallway, used to be on my granny's wall years ago, both are of 'Dartmoor ponies'.
I've a Cuneo print of shires and a hunting scene print by Lional Edwards.
Thinking about it, only 1 hanging picture downstairs is non equine ?

Theme upstairs is more moody French castles!
 
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I have 8 Lydia Kiernan prints on various walls that I bought through the years when the print reminded me of one of my own horses.

I also have a drawing of the heads of my 3 mares, stallion and founding mares grandson done by Pilar Larcade in my lounge, along with a picture of my last riding horse that I lost at age 26 in 2019 done by her in my bedroom.

All are treasured memories.
 
Fjord said:
What horse paintings or pictures do you have in your house? At HOYS years ago I fell in love with Terry Kirkwood's pictures, plus I have a lovely little print that I really like the colours of.

I don't have any traditional horse pictures (apart from photos of my mini xc attempt!) but I have a needle felted Bobbi picture and intend to get a pencil drawn one too.

What pictures do you have and who is your favourite artist?
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I was given a set of placemats by this artist! My daughter bought them at Olympia.

We’re big fans of Amy Goodman - https://www.amygoodman.co.uk/
She has her workshop nearby and it’s always interesting seeing what horse sculptures she’s working on.
 
I’ve just clicked on that link and can’t believe how good she is, I could have happily bought most of them, but obviously can’t. If I had the money I would like a sculpture of my dogs , she is amazing
 
I have two
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this one my friend gave me. It’s of my old Peggy Sue that she painted for her art portfolio at school
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this one my OH got commissioned for me as a present. It’s of Peggy Sue and Flo. I’m not sure he will ever do better than this. (He’s bought me a car, a diamond engagement ring and many many other things but this is my favourite)
 
OOh what a lovely thread. Rowreach I do agree with you about Daniel Crane. Our house is dominated with ships and motoring art but I do have some space allotted to equestrian art.
My last and my present horse both have portraits, the NF mare, now sadly gone was painted by a cousin of mine who has a great talent but has not really used it, the still present mare has a portrait by an artist named Susan Poole, who is well known for her work on animals and archeology. I was lucky enough to be given this when I retired from the committee of a local club, Susan had been a member as well. I love Lionel Edwards and have several prints, I have a Cecil Aldin called The Water Jump which is a print of a horseman, probably the groom, jumping a water jump in the most perfect style. I have a pretty large Rosa de Bonheur print of The Horse Fair, for lack of wall space I have given on permanent loan, my Herring print, lovely grey mare in the stable with relaxed dogs around her, to my step daughter next door.
One Saturday, some years ago I went off to an antique fair on my own and joked I would come home with a Munnings! Believe it or not, I bought that day a Munnings print in an original old frame of Exmoor foals, it is really charming and cost me the grand sum of £11.00! I have a very interesting Russian enamel tile of a troika. I wish I could show these to you but i have no idea how to get photos from my camera/phone onto HHO. Sometimes I can send them to my self by email and then put them up but it doesn't always work!.
 
I’ve got a few by Jessica Hill a local artist.
she does really beautiful and different paintings.
I can’t take a photo as all our stuff is in storage. ?
 
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Most of the art on my walls is sailing related, but I do have a photo of Blue and a portrait of her by Lisa Wasilewski.
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Oh, and it isn't framed or hung yet, but also this wee print by Glynn Matthews. Which, yes, I bought because it reminded me of Blue! It'll be going in my study when my new house is finally ready to move into.

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I have quite a lot of horse prints and paintings around the house:

I love this Lydia Kiernan print

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I have a whole series of Edwin Straker Racehorse prints including this one (sorry about the reflection)

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Alastair Banks is another favourite, he did quite a few Lloyds Bank Horse images, the last one is from a photo of my son which was then put onto tiles

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oooh I've got loads! They will probably all come out huge because photos do when I upload them here. This is by Nicky Litchfield and is my gorgeous boy. I've got a sculpture of him tooIMG_20220727_151200070_MP.jpgIMG_20220727_151213337_MP.jpgIMG_20220727_151031851.jpgIMG_20220727_151017435_HDR.jpgIMG_20220727_151017435_HDR.jpgIMG_20220727_151031851.jpgThis is a little one made out of play dough / plasticine type material. The lady who did this has stopped doing them sadly because its great. The Appy from a headshot is by Chloe Brown (her stuff is stunning). The wild horse is a v expensive impulse buy from years ago that I adore. The two watercolours are by my MiL
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I love the cowboy paintings and Daniel Crane is a fabulous artist. Some other brilliant ones as well. I have paintings of 4 of my ponies/horses, the first one was something my mother had done for me as a birthday present and then I saved prize money up for the others.
 
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