Unseen Photograph 5: Avatar and Aziza

Avatar (AV Montoya x Aziza) fore and Aziza (Arastin x Sadika) back

For this unseen photograph I am going back to summer 2010 and what was a dry and sometimes chilly AHS Nationals at Malvern.

I had been anticipating the Princess Muna saddle of Honour group class at lunchtime on the second day as I had been disappointed at Malvern in 2009 when no entries for this class had been forward. However this disappointment was more than paid for when the black mare Aziza and her family group came forward for the class.

It was a special thing to see the all black group in the ring and I was very pleased when afterwards I saw Aziza wearing the saddle as I had always wanted to take a photograph of this colourful piece as generally there is so rarely the opportunity.

And so it is from this moment I take my unseen photograph where whilst going to take a photo of Aziza, her colt Avatar decided to take his place and pose in front of his dam, a true model in the making!

Aziza (Arastin x Sadika)

Ava (Vervaldee x Aziza)

Work in Progress II

Thought it was about time for another painting preview! I am working on quite a few paintings for completion this Summer and I thought it would be nice giving a glimpse of what I'm working on.

Work in Progress "The Call" 28" x 16" Oil on canvas

I had planned this painting a long time before I started sketching it, so it's been a long time in the pipe line! It is now about halfway finished with a few more layers and glazes to go on. The background is obviously the least complete at the moment as I like to work on the horse first in a painting.

The inspiration for this painting is one of the ethereal grey Polish mares that I have had the pleasure to see at international shows and following this I hope painting will be bit of a dreamy night-scene.

And now whilst the current layer of paint dries on this painting I will now work on one of my chestnut Arabian paintings, though I can never resist the lure of a grey for too long.

Website Update

I have just now uploaded my updated website -- I felt like a light springy look was appropriate, and no more black too! I hope you enjoy taking a look around my website!

http://www.loisrose.co.uk