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With baby Annie April 2008
Photo by Jeannette Ashby-Welter
D. was born in Saratoga, NY, has lived in Idaho and Prescott, Arizona and now
resides in "The Horse Capital of the World" Lexington, Kentucky. A long time professional horse
trainer and competitor, she began painting in 1991. "I'm not sure
why, it just seemed like something I should do." Her painting took a
back seat, however, until about 2001. "Life just kept getting in the way.
I had two small girls, and lost my husband to cancer in 2000. I have so
much empathy for struggling artists, you have no idea."
She enjoys painting all animals, as well
as the human form. "I can't limit myself to a certain subject matter, there are
too many wonderful things to try and paint. Much of the time it is all about the
light to me, but I also love to try and just capture a mood, a moment in time."
If ever there were a place to inspire
her to attempt the landscape, "Lexington would be it! The beauty of
it just constantly takes my breath away. I've never seen anywhere like
it."
Very happily remarried to Tim, a widower
himself, they love to travel and also hang out (i.e. work) on the farm. "We
love the Bluegrass life!" They currently (current being the operative
word) own five Thoroughbreds and an Irish Sporthorse.
She has been privileged to study with
“incredible artists" such as Morgan Weistling, Dan Mieduch, Dave Wade, Tom
Browning, Greg Beecham, Jim Norton, Gary Carter and Sam Savitt. "They are some of the
best, and have been huge influences at every stage of my journey. I know I only
retained a tenth of their valuable information, and I'm really hoping for some
repeats."
She has been a Quick Draw artist
(completing a painting in an hour) at the Phippen Art Show for seven
years, and the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival for four years in a row.
"I really enjoy it more and more, I don't get nearly as sick as I used to,
although it can still be a crap shoot as to whether the painting will actually
turn out or not. But when it does, it's a great feeling!"
Riding as an ecstatic guest of the Camargo Hunt.
"It was like riding into a piece of art. Unbelievable!"
Disciplines:
Oil
Pastel
Bronze
- American Academy of Equine Art Fall
Show 2007
- 2007 Master Foxhounds of America Centennial Traveling
Exhibit
- 2005
Winner of the Southwest Art
Award, Phippen Fine
Art Show
- Associate Member of the
Oil Painters of America
- Member of the Society
of Animal Artists
- 2003 award winner Phippen Museum
Fine Art Show
- Award winner
Draft Horse Classic Art Show
- 2004 Scottsdale Best
and Brightest Show.
- 2004 Western States Horse Expo
- Represented by Galleries
West Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Gallery B Lexington, Kentucky
Commissions:
D. will sometimes do
commissions. References need to be agreed upon, price per commission
starts at $8/sq.inch.
Dream
Danny
 With
Tim in Midway, KY
23˚F!! Quick Draw on the Square, Jackson Hole, September 2006
Creating the record setting Quick Draw- Phippen 2007 $3400
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