This week on the Mustang A Day Challenge April 4th - April 8th

"Caramel"
the first of the paintings chosen for the
Traveling Mustang A Day Challenge Exhibit

Available for adoption  Week.  

This week courtesy of Mustang U we have 4 weanlings  from Oregon HMAs, that are looking for homes. More information on who to contact as the paintings are posted.

"Just A Kiss"

Also I want to remind you al,l that  As we follow the Mustang Makeover Horses of Madeleine LeClerc and Robert Carlson, both of their makeover horses will be available to bid on at the Fort Collins, Colorado Mustang Makeover event In June.  I haven’t heard as of this writing, if the two horses have names yet, but I will let you know as soon as I find out. Check in on Tuesday to see the painting of the week.

Chosen!

Detail of Tripod and Cheyenne

Well as you know  I am trying to choose from the paintings, the very best for the traveling exhibit. As yet we haven’t had any nibbles on sponsors. We have already had one gallery say they are ready as soon as I am for long term exhibition of all three mediums although we are going to try to do some larger paintings for those.  Right now I  have  4 paintings that  will be among the first 22 chosen.  And several that I might do larger a little later on. Currently the 3 watercolors  and one Oil painting chosen for the Exhibit are : ”Just a Kiss” Picasso and Monet,  “Tripod and Cheyenne”  the beautiful lead mare of Corona’s and her  cream  foal from 2009;  “First Touch” Robert Carlson and his Ft Collins Makeover horse, and    Carmel, the  orphan foal syndrome horse currently in residence at Alder Hill Farm in Missouri.  Prints of these paintings will be offered on Fine Art America with a portion of the proceeds going to their respective charities and to help fund the cost of exhibition.

Coming Next week: 2011 Babies of the Sand Wash Basin

Coming  Easter Week New ‘Stangs at Alder Hill Farm There will be no daily painting  Easter Weekend starting on  Thursday April 21^st.  The next Daily painting will be  April 25th

South Steens Week on the Mustang A Day Challenge

This week will be an opportunity  to learn  a little about the horses that range on the South Steens  Mountains of Oregon. Our guest blogger this week is Tracey Westbury operator of  Mustang U, a non- profit organization. Mustang U is a chapter of the American Mustang and Burro Association. 

It is located in the Pacific Northwest Corner of Washington State.

“Their mission is to increase public awareness of the beauty, trainability and timelessness of the American Mustang. They assist the BLM at wild horse adoptions, as well as foster and gentle wild horses in an effort to place them in adoptive homes.” The focus of Mustang U is to help out with the adoption of wild horses destined for Long Term Holding or effected by the Sale Authority Act .

According to the blog about Mustang U, the most challenging thing about helping to place a gathered mustang for adoption is educating the public that simply because a horse is over the age of 4 that it does not mean it not be trainable. Tracey has proven over and over that older horses not only are very trainable but they make wonderful work and companion animals, and excellent pleasure horses.Tracey works with the horses and the potential owners  as well as helping to place the horses in adoptive homes.

The majority of the horses she works with are from the South Steens HMA:

Photo by Tracey Westbury used by permission.

In Stacy’s own words:

“The South Steens HMA is located in Southeastern Oregon, roughly 70 miles southwest of Burns along hwy 205.  It consists of just over 130,000 acres.  In this area of the country, it takes approximately 100 acres to support just one horse, which equates into an ideal herd size of 130 horses.

The region is covered in volcanic rock, with rim rocks and plateaus dissected by perennial and intermittent stream channels.

The horses are managed for their pinto coloring, but you'll see every color under the sun on the South Steens, from coppery gold palomino to black, buckskin, sorrel, and the occasional appaloosa.

South Steens horses are known for their good size, often reaching 16 hands, as well as their exceptional conformation.  Most people don't know they're looking at a wild horse when they see them all saddled up.  I recently showed a calendar to a quarter horse person who argued with me that some of those horses were turned out, and must have been bred in captivity.

There are several bands that congregate not far from the highway that have been dubbed the Hollywood Herd.  They're typically not all that shy, and they love having photos taken of them.  Seriously...they pose. “

Read more about Tracey Westbury and Mustang U  on her blog : http://mustangu.blogspot.com/ or  follow her on Facebook

Linda L Martin’s Mustang a Day Art Represented at Horse Fest in Springfield Missouri



The Original Painting of Carmel
is still available and prints can also be
ordered through  Linda Martin's site:
http://www.llmartin.com/



Linda L Martin’s Mustang a Day Art Represented at Horse Fest  in Springfield Missouri. The Prints of Carmel Challenge painting # 35 can be found at the Alder Hill Farm Rescue's booth.

Starting today March 11^th 2011 at Horse Fest in Spring Field Missouri prints of Carmel, the mustang rescued as a foal by Alder Hill farm will be available to purchase at Horse Fest. If you are in the Area please stop in  and meet  all the Folks at Alder Hill’s booth. 



Click the image to
see the entire poster for
Horse Fest in Springfield, MO



 In addition to the prints of Carmel, Linda will also have prints of the Alder Hill Minis.  Both  of the Alder Hill Minis,  Napoleon and Prince Charming, will be at the event and you can meet them in person.  Alder Hill will also have a number of other fundraising items including a special rescue coloring book, other works of donated art, saddles, and information on the Rescue its self.  There will be two horses on site ready to adopt as well.

A portion of the proceeds from the  prints will aid Alder Hill Farm in the ongoing expenses of their sanctuary and rescue horses. Horse Fest runs from March 11^th through March 13^th.



Alder Hill Minis
from original watercolor by LindaLMartin
Prints and Notecards avaialable on site at
Horse Fest in Springfield, MO



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Alder Hill Farm Rescue