Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 

Merry Christmas 2011!!!

"Santa's Elves"

(Dixie and Biscuit)

Merry Christmas! Thank you to my family and friends that read this, my collectors and artist friends for your support throughout the year!  Hope 2012 brings us all closer together!  My hubby and I wish you all love, joy and peace, happiness, health and prosperity, and may all your wishes and dreams come true for yourselves and those you love this coming year! 

Number Eleven - Pastel Cow Painting

"Number Eleven"

image size 21"x16.5" - soft pastel

Finished!

Number Eleven - Work in Progress

"Number Eleven" - Work in Progress

image size 21"x16.5" - soft pastel

In between working on my horse painting experiments in acrylic, I am working on a series of calf paintings in pastel.  This little guy's ear tag was numbered 11...

White Steed - Acrylic Painting

"White Steed"

image size 24"x12" - acrylic

White horses carry a great significance in mythologies around the world. They pull the sun chariot, carry warrior-heroes, patron saints and the world’s savior.  Pegasus, the winged horse, is white.

Other myths and tales tell of white horses that are divinatory, who prophesy or warn of danger; that triumph over negative forces.  These magnificent steeds, whether visionary or metaphorical, are found in liturgical sources preserved in on-going traditions. 

Christmas eNewsletter 2011

The Christmas 2011 edition of the Santora Fine Art newsletter is now available, with a look at some of my latest paintings and a wish for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! 

Click the link: Santora Fine Art Newsletter Christmas 2011 and you will be taken to my website to read it

The Golden Horse - Acrylic Painting

"The Golden Horse"

image size 24"x12" - acrylic on cradled board 

Dr Silvia Hartmann wrote 'The Golden Horse' fairy tale...  a tale of the terrible loss and heartache that occurs when the spirit world is lost because it is considered unimportant to our daily lives. 

Here, good is triumphant in love and the splendors of the future.  A story of true magic, it shows us we have the power to change the world and live lives filled with enchantment. 

And from that beautiful golden wild horse came the unicorn... and after years of abuse they were reunited...

"the horse reared up and screamed... its screams turned into song... and as it reared and sang and danced, the unicorn leapt forward and it joined the dance and it too began to sing and as it did, their voices blended into one of beauty and of wisdom, and as they danced together... their forms began to blend and meld and then there was just one horse, golden and beautiful..."

Snug Harbor Farm Holiday Art Show

"Mini Shetland: Isabel"

image size 12"x9" - soft pastel



Mini Shetland I: Tate       

Mini Shetland II: Sam

 Mini Shetland III: Maggie

Mini Shetland IV: Tate       

Snug Harbor Farm Holiday Art Show opens today at 1pm, and runs through December 31. I will have 4 new miniature pastels of the mini Shetland ponies and a larger painting of Isabel on exhibit!