International Equine Art Competition -- Art Horse Magazine
A juried Equine art competition for artists working in media of painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and digital art.Deadline: Oct.30, 2009. Check out http://www.arthorsemagazine.com/art_competition.html for more infor

My Kingdom for a Horse
You Tube has a lot of junk on it (101 Ways to Dance the Macarena. Hello!) but it's also a really fantastic resource for almost anything you can think of. I love that you can virtually visit museums all over the world or learn how to make a sculpted dog cake (yes, dog cake) without ever leaving the house. It's probably a bad thing for me seeing as I would be a real, honest-to-goodness recluse if I could get away with it, but it does come in handy for anything you can dream up or want to learn about. This video I'm posting focuses on three famous Confederate Generals and the trusty steeds that carried them throughout the war. Artifacts highlighted include The Last Meeti

My First Time
A blank blog page. Joy! I feel like I'm addressing an empty room or a room full of naked people laughing at me. I'm not entirely sure which would be worse but regardless, I don't like firsts very much so I'm just going to jump in and start writing as if I'm actually experienced at this blogging thing.Wow. My very first blog post. I'm sure I'll be embarrassed later.First, I'm happy to say that I'm back painting after a long hiatus due to a back surgery that left me walking around like a little 80 year old lady for a couple of years. I still walk funny but the point is, I'm semi-upright now with a brush in hand and back to taking orders -- albeit t