Events Update

I have just updated my events page with some more shows I will be attending this year and this all starts off with the Eastern Arabian Group's Spring Show this Sunday (10th April) where I am official photographer. I look forward to getting out and blowing out some of those cobwebs from winter!

Click here for my events page.

Work in Progress I: Update

This post is an update to one of my previous work in progress preview paintings. Hopefully I can show a bit of my painting process.

Oil on canvas board 30" x 20"

I have just completed another full layer to this painting and I am pleased with its progress! There is still some work to continue on this painting; the next work is to add some glazes when this current layer has dried. The tonal values of this painting are still being worked on but these will all come together with the next few glazes and layers!

Whilst waiting for this painting to dry I am now working in rotation on two other paintings whilst sketching some others.

Unseen Photograph 6: Menton Arabian Show 2010

This unseen photograph post features three instead of one, taken from my trip to the Menton Arabian Show last year. I have recently booked my travel and accommodation ahead of this years show and cannot wait to return to this fabulous show.

The photographs in this post were taken on the first day of showing, on Saturday evening. It was bit of a novelty to attend an outdoors show which continued into the evening; however it was not entirely practical for the spectator as the light fell since there was no lighting available in the spectator areas. I do not use any flash lighting when I photograph horses or at shows and when I thought classes had ended I was pleased to think that I had not missed taking any photographs!

Bess Fa'izah (WH Justice x Sharon El Kendal) powers ahead of the VIP tent.

 

However as I walked away from the ring and past the collecting ring  I saw one of my favourite showing circuit mares, Ladi Veronika, just ready to enter the ring. I had almost left without seeing the last class, and almost missed the sight of beautiful grey mares in dusky evening light.

Ladi Veronika (Versace x Nisrs Natevka) shows her style in the collecting ring.

And after the first day of the show finished, it was a lovely walk back through Menton from the beach side arena to the my hotel, where a cup of tea on the sea-side balcony waited and a quick look at my days work!

Menton Old Town, illuminated and as seen from the show ring.

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

Unseen Photograph 4: Moloko

Champion Gelding Moloko (Piligrim x Metelica 8)

With the long cold winter days still stretching on ahead a while, I thought it would be nice to go back to last summer and to the Royal Norfolk Show. I have regularly exhibited paintings there, and also enjoyed the morning Arabian classes. For some reason I did not post any of my photographs to my website and feel that this photo should have an opportunity for public display.

This is Moloko who gave a wonderful display of the Arabian 'snort and blow' which led a man next to me to inquire "do people actually ride these horses!" Luckily I could point out Dervatiw Gwyddion (also in the ring) who is a ridden, dressage and sports horse champion stallion.