This is my oil painting done as tribute to Barbaro. I thought this pose really shows what an honest horse he was. And you can tell by his eyes, that he never knew a harsh hand. That is the face of Trust. What a horse.
PAINTINGS BY LEE MITCHELSON ~ Daily Brushstrokes from One Artist's Life
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- LEE MITCHELSON
- Flagstaff and Sedona AZ, Up in the High Country, United States
- Member, Oil Painters of America OPA, Artists United for Animal Rescue.org AUAR and The Albert Society TASA. Visit my website www.mitchelsonsmountain gallery.com or write me at leemitchelson@gmail.com. I have been a professional artist for three decades. I do traditional realism animal art with emphasis on the horse and the dog, figurative art and impressionism landscapes, often en plein air. My current invitational exhibiting is the traveling exhibit, "Le Cadeau du Cheval" which continues to display throughout Canada and the USA. I am the founder of "Artists United for Animal Rescue". Using my art to fund animal rescue is the passion and purpose of my life as an artist. I illustrated Robert Vavra's "The Unicorn of Kilimanjaro" and "Vavra's Horses", Bill Wheeler's "Alive in Africa" and had a mention in William Sinton's autobiography, "I Choose to Live". My art is owned by many notables including the Obama administration, Rudolf Martin, The estate of James A. Michener, the DuPont and Wrigley Families, Robert Vavra,William Shatner,Ellen Degeneres and many others.
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