I used to believe that girls were not as good as guys, that they were somehow better.    That we were suppose to follow the rules, look up to authority, be the good girl, get married, find a good man to take care of you, be seen and not heard, do as your told, I wasn’t expected to really accomplish much with my life.

I grew up with a very abusive, domineering father who treated my borthers differently than me.   I had curfews/they didn’t, they went off to college, I was expected to find a man, I was told I wasn’t able to drive a pick up because I was a girl.  I watched my dad beat my mom and was scared to death that he wold kill her. 

I ended up getting married to a guy I was not really in love with, but it was my only way to get away from my dad.  I married Martin, moved to Florida the next day and took me 10 years in that marrieage to realize I didn’t want to live like this, following the prescribed life I was assigned.  I also didn’t want to be stuck like my mom and never having the opportunity to really live and experience what alllife has to offer.   I finally found the courage to get divorsced and this is when I slowly finally started to discover who I was.  This was also about the time the horses entered my life.  And over the years I did a lot of personal development work, competing with the horses, and doing things on my own, finding what made me happy.  

Now I believe we are put here to live our own lives, to fully experience what life has to offer, not to follow along some prescribed dead, worn path dictated by parents or socity, that why my mission as an artist is to encourage the freedom to live your one true authentic life during this short timespan we are here on this spinning ball.  Time is running out

Every time you look at one of my pieces, I want you to be reminded of the freedom and courage it took you to get to this place in life, and all the obsticles you had to overcome and the strength you’ve developed as a person because of your journey.  (Result or action yuou want them to have or take based on yor mission/art)??? Recognize the beauty within

As for using the equine motif, allthe aboe leads to why it shows up so predominately in my work.  It represents that freedom courage and strength.  A horse with a rider is guided by that person, and doesn’t really have a lot of say, but when you get rid of the rider,he is free to be himself.  I think this ties in with my past experiences and beliefs, and I’ve been fascinated with the horse due my jouney on the path to my own seach for the freedom to live  a life of my own.

And that’s why I’ve create:

Horse Without Riders

(photo of you and work)

I've spent most of my life around horses, and they've come to represent freedom, courage, and strength to me.

A horse with a rider is being directed by someone else. Take away the rider, and the horse is free to go its own way.

I suppose that's something I've spent a good part of my life learning to do myself.

And as I've been looking at my paintings lately, I've noticed that most of my horses don't have riders.

With these new black-and-white drawings, I've taken that freedom a little further. I've stripped away the color, leaving just the line. Thick and thin, changing direction, flowing wherever it wants to go.

Somewhere in all that movement, a horse begins to appear. No predetermined outcome, no expectations of what it should look like.

And that's how Horse Without Riders came to be.

There are 20 pieces available.  The sale ends on   date, so if this is something your want, I hope you’ll grab it now.

Since I run everything myself, I am only able to make a certain amount of these.

Photo/gallery of available pieces