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The people and horses in outback Australia, and the cattle country, provide a wealth of material for the artist to paint. In this work I have used an image from the Katherine Camp-draft, in a scene I was painting of central Queensland. Note the red earth. I used a technique explained to me by a relative of the great Sir Hans Heysen, to create the richness of the red gold earth. It is a technique I teach my students, one which is not immediately obvious. it is these 'tricks of the trade, passed by one master to the next, that has assisted me throughout my own career as an artist. It isn't 'beginner information though' :-), first lessons first.
The image pictured here is of a gift card, made from this large work. The original is longer than this image, it does not have the writting on it. I am not sure of the size, I thiink it may be 15" x 30". it is a favorite of mine and I have it hanging on show, in my studio room.
 
 
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  A friend has asked me to show her what horse art I have in my possession,

I love horses in art works so I have quite a few. Some are on my walls and some is in storage ready for my four grandchildren to select from, when they are grown up. I do occasionally sell some of the originals I own but I do not actually exhibit or make an effort to sell any, as I do not paint major art works these days, just little ones, like those I showed in my last post.

I will start with the largest horse artwork I have, this one is three foot by four foot, and it is oil on stretched Belgian linen canvas. “The horses by the dam” by Kathy Shell. This work was painted in the year I was invited to exhibit in Sydney with other artists, who like me had been chosen as Australia’s top ten artists. I think this was in my late, forties and early in my years as owner, artist of Buninyong Gallery.