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Artist Interview - Sherri Mash

B&W Horse HeadsName
Sherri Mash

Website & Places you can find my work online
Studio website: www.sherrimashphoto.com
Blog: www.theeccentriclady.blogspot.com
Etsy Shop: The Eccentric Lady
Follow Sherri on twitter: @sherrimash

Tell us a little about you, what is your background & where do you come from?
I have been taking photographs since I was a young girl growing up in Southwestern Ohio.

My parents and I traveled all over the United States in our trailer for 3 weeks each year. That is when I became hooked on photography.

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Rare Horse Colors Discussion

There has been a great deal of discussion around the horse color section in general (especially the rare colors post).

Tell It Like It Is

I encourage discussion, and in fact, I’d like to open the floor and hand out soapboxes. I want to provide accurate info about color genetics, but I need good source material which backs it up (& that I can link to). I’m asking my readers to leave me a comment (or write a guest post) that helps me make sense of the equine rainbow.

Disagree?

Equine genetics is not an easy or exact science, we are dealing with Mother Nature here. I appreciate that there will be conflicting information & views. I respect anyone who wants to share what they know and I hope everyone else will do the same.

Horse Pictures From Armenia

Armenian FlagI couldn’t find much information about horses in Armenia.

Based on the images below it is clear that the equine animal is very much a beast of burden and perhaps most often used for transportation.

If anyone knows about equestrian customs in Armenia, I hope you’ll speak up
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Night Mares, Stallions, and Ruby Red Slippers Pt. 2

Part 2 of a fictional guest post by Eleanor D. Van Natta over at Sage By Nature, be sure to check out more of her writing on her horse blog. Be sure to read part 1.

Follow The Yellow Brick Road

Yellow Brick Road

Image from heyu1021

My glee soon turned to dismay, though, when I realized that they were all wearing those strange contraptions on their head and attached by rope to each other or other horses. It looked as if they were planting the field.

Were they working for the horses?

I saw no Emerald City and no Yellow Brick Road. I smelled the pungently sweet smell of horse manure and felt the warmth of sun on my back. Unless I had been transported to some strange Planet of the Horses, I had no explanation.
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Alter Real - Horse Breed of the Week

Alter Real Horse

Image from el cavall

The Alter Real breed is also called the Royal Breed of Alter and comes from a small town in Portugal called Alter do Chao. These animals display many characteristics of the classic Iberian horse.
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Horse Artist Interview - Jamey Lee Balester Lopez

Horse is WaterName
Jamey Lee Balester Lopez

Website & Places you can find my work online
Fine Art America: Jamey Lopez where prints can be purchased.
Facebook Group: Fine Art by Jamey Lee Balester Lopez
Follow Jamey on twitter: @jlbstarnchristo
Here is my e-mail for commission work: jleelopez@sbcglobal.net

Where I am
Inland Empire, Ca

Tell us a little about you, what is your background & where do you come from?
I grew up in Huntington Beach, Ca (Surf City), most of my life. I lived in the same house on 5th and Orange from birth to seventeen years old.
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Balios Exhibition by Ophelia Keys

Ophelia Keys HorseA quick note about an upcoming exhibition for one of our featured artists Ophelia Keys.

When

Opens on Thursday July 2nd with celebration (come for wine and nibbles) and the exhibition runs through the month of July.

Where

To be held at the lovely Evelyn County Estate, Kangaroo Ground.
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Western Horse Show Terminology - The Basics

Western horse and rider

Image from pamzpix

It has come to my attention that this website has a decidedly English discipline slant, largely because I’ve always ridden English and I try to stick with what I know.

You Asked For It

In response to several requests, I put together this terminology glossary for western shows.

Help is Always Appreciated

Here’s hoping that my western readers will correct any mistakes and remind me of anything important that I’m missing.
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