I seem to be giving away more art than I am selling lately, BUT…I’m doing another contest!  The theme this time is horse shows and hunter/jumper/equitation with the very specific goal of finding a subject to paint and enter in the poster contest  for the Washington International Horse Show. The subject is very near and [...]

Filed under: Art, Contests, Giveaways, Horses, Pet Portraits on June 6th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Today has been a serendipitous day. Is that the right word? Serendipitous. Just lots of things and happenings that seem interrelated – completely random yet altogether synchronistic. First, there were the waffles. Downtown Waffles is a waffle cart in  Salem that I heard about on Desperately Seeking Salem, a local blog. Or maybe I heard about [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Horses, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on September 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

If this weren’t a portrait of someone else; If someone wasn’t waiting patiently for the painting to be delivered; If I had more wall space; If someone hadn’t already paid for it… I might have kept this painting for myself. Completed: August 29, 2010 Soundtrack: Johnny Cash Beverage: Starbucks Iced Mocha

Filed under: Art, Horses, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on August 29th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Dear Universe, I would like to paint more horses. Cheers, Rachael Completed: June 13, 2010 Soundtrack: Glee Soundtrack Beverage: Diet Coke

Filed under: Art, Frequent Flyers, Horses, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on July 14th, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Last Friday I took the kids to see Toy Story 3, maintaining my obnoxious and completely arbitrary streak of seeing Disney or Pixar movies at the very first showing, on opening day. The movie was good and I even cried a little at the end. Not really a spoiler: Andy goes to college. Oh, and thank [...]

Filed under: Horses, Mad Mom, Random on June 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments »