Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Moxie's Portrait

11 by 14 inch watercolor portrait quarter horse


This is a portrait of a 23 year old quarter horse, named Moxie.  Moxie was a very accomplished show horse in his day, and is now retired and lives with Jenni, living the life every horse dreams of.  He spends long days outside in the fields with his friends, comes inside at night to a warm and clean stall.  He is groomed and ridden regularly and has lots of good food and fresh hay.  Don't you wish they all had such a life when they finish their hard working days?

http://reridequarterhorseadoption.com/Re-Ride_Quarter_Horse_Adoption_Program,_INC/Home.html
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9 comments:

  1. Theresa PadenMarch 16, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Beautiful job on Moxie's portrait! I'm glad he is having such great retirement!

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  2. PatMarch 16, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    He's obviously a greatly loved horse - as they all should be.
    Your portrait has captured that, perfectly xx

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  3. Mermaid's PaletteMarch 16, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Nice one, Maria! I like the way his coat shines.
    Sheryl

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  4. Studio at the FarmMarch 17, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    Lovely portrait!

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  5. Maria's WatercolorMarch 17, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments, time for me to get started on something new!

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  6. UnknownMarch 17, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    beautiful Maria, he is a lovely horse and you captured it. so glad he is retiring in luxury. take care, Diana

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  7. Maria's WatercolorMarch 17, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Thanks so much Diana, always a little harder to capture someones baby, I was so...relieved that she liked it.

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  8. Kelley Carey MacDonaldMarch 18, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    Yes, I wish they all had a nice 'retirement'. Thank you for painting him and bringing this to our awareness. Beautiful work! And thank you for visiting my blog!

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  9. Mary Sheehan WinnMarch 18, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    it's beautiful and yes, I wish they were all so loved.

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