Rocking horse

My friend Ed does amazing hand-carved rocking horses of various sizes. I've designed a line of complementary wall pieces featuring his work. This is one of several I have done to date. Ed, his rocking horses, and some of my images are currently at the Calgary Art Market. We both have booths of our own at the Sundog show in Saskatoon the first weekend of December. 

Whippet

I do quite a bit of dog photography for clients, but don't often get around to using them in my artwork. I've been creating rusty paper for other art uses, and was happy with how this whippet blended in to the paper.

Dark Angels

This image is a special one for me for several reasons. First and most basic is that it features my gelding Alpac and my beloved crows. Secondly, this was a milestone image for applying my  Photoshop skills, as it was the first photomontage I was finally able to do after much time and effort trying to learn the basics. I credit the Mural Mosaic Cadeau du Cheval project for giving me the impetus to do this piece, as it is part of the massive horse mural. You can see the  mural here  . My image can be seen in the bottom row, 6th from the left. This image was created in 2008. I've come a long way since then, but this one will always hold a place in my heart. 

Landing by water

I have fits and starts of doing fantasy images from my photos, courtesy of Photoshop and a *lot* of work and time on my part. This is one from a year or so ago, featuring several of my favourite subjects, to wit ravens, "gothic" landscape, and Manna the gypsy cob. 

Polo grunge

Here's a new one I did for the camera club's "sports" theme challenge. I took a very long and convoluted route to get from the initial images to this end point, but I'm very happy with the result. 

Random

Two elements I like to use in one image here. The horse is the Friesian stallion Random, and the background is an ancient map of the world. Combining map or print elements with my photo images is an ongoing process for me. 

Edging closer

I've never been much of a "social commentary" type artist. I just get interested in visuals and how they work together (or not) and kind of follow my nose. My new series seems to be edging a bit more into the social commentary realm. I started collecting graffiti photos, mostly the many variations on the word "trust" I find in our area as I'm walking to stores and services. Then I combined the graffiti and street signs with animal  images, horses first (as in a previous post on this blog), then dogs at the suggestion of a local vet who is deeply involved in dog and cat rescue. Now I have a series underway, which I think of as the "Broken Trust" images. I have several horse ones and a couple of dogs so far. This image is the first of the dog ones.