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Lot 1 - This is Kristina Lucas-Francis' "Clinky", which was originally done as an award for Clinky Classic. I thought it would be fun to play up his Iberian characteristics with the Andalusian color many call "mulberry grey". In his case he was likely a dark chestnut with the flashy white markings before he turned grey. Although the graying process is pretty advanced on him, those markings are still slightly visible, and there is still some remaining dappling on his hindquarters (the depth on those dapples is wonderful, they really do look like they are below the surface). He's also getting a scattering of dark red fleabites, and of course his mane and tail have remained dark. He's got subtle streaking painted through his mane and tail that give it more interest. $285ppd |
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Lot 2 - I couldn't open a lottery the same day as the new Harry Potter movie and not name somebody in tribute! In this case, it seemed appropriate to use my pretty Percheron mare for the fictional French girl's school from the books. And this is one piece that I truly could not be more pleased with! She was intended as an experiment both in getting a bit more contrast and darkness in a grey, and in using a matte finish. In the end, her finish looks a bit more like a satin to me, or perhaps somewhere in between matte and satin. But oh, did it bring out her colors beautifully! As would be typical of her breed, she doesn't have a white marking on her, but she sure doesn't need any to be eye-catching. $280ppd |
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Lot 3 - I am a firm believer that finish artists should, upon occasion, try to duplicate an specific horse's color with absolute accuracy. It is a great way to avoid overly stylizing your own work because it forces you to truly look at your reference material. That's what I was doing with this particular Limerick. While hobby appaloosas tend to have crisp edges and loud contrast, in the horse world many appaloosas are much more subtle. I picked a reference for that type of appaloosa, and tried to faithfully reproduce the color. The result is a very subtle horse that is, unfortunately, hard to photograph! Her body is light grey, but if you look closely you can see the outlines of a lacey white blanket. There is also fine ticking through her body, as well as a few larger spots on her hindquarters. She is also has mottling on her face (what parts aren't covered by her large blaze at least), inside her ears and under her belly, flash markings on her legs and a really neat striped hoof on her one unmarked leg. $260ppd |
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| Lot 4 - Harriet This is another Limerick with a great deal of hand work, but of a very different kind. I was very taken with some of the Coloured Cobs being shown in England, and thought such a color would work well on this mold. She's a bay homozygous tobiano, but of a much more conservative sort than the trotting mare in the last lottery. She does have a few cat tracks and a handful of roaned patches, and an irregular blaze and chin spot (the Limerick face makes doing this nearly irresistible!). She also has a wonderful tail tip streaked entirely by hand. Harriet is glossy. $250ppd | |
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Lot 5 - Since Addi named this mold for one scoundrel from Celtic (or bluegrass) music, it seemed only appropriate to name this fellow from another. Although palomino and buckskin seem to be the best-known colors, the Foxtrotter is one of the few saddle breeds where grey is common. I had already done a Collier in this very tiny, detailed type of dapple grey, and thought it would look especially nice on the Black Jack Davey. Matty is a true grey (he would have been born black) with a wide blaze and a large kissy spot on his muzzle. $285ppd |
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Lot 6 - My sons like to order hot chocolate at the local coffee shop, which they top with a huge amount of whip cream and oreo cookie crumbs. The color on this stallion reminds me of those drinks, even down to his rich, chocolately black coloring. He has a large snip that covers the right half of his muzzle, mapping and countless "shadow spots" throughout his coat. I think many of the Chaney ponies make really good classic American Shetlands, and this type of tovero would be very typical of one, so that was what I intended him to be. (It's a breed that moves her out of the over-crowded British Pony class, for those of us who regularly exceed the class limits there!) Crumbles has a gloss finish. $270ppd |
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Lot 7 - Before she became famous as a sculptor for Hagen-Renaker, Maureen Love did portraits of Arabian horses in pastels. Several years ago I stumbled across an article on the young artist in an old Arabian Horse World. Most of the horses were grey, and she imparted a softness to her pastel work that I tried to capture when I glazed this fellow; one of Maureen's last large pieces. He is the large trotting Clydesdale (he stands about 6 " high) marketed through Made With Love. I am not sure how many bisques were produced, but I have seen few and suspect they are rare. He is a dapple grey with a white mane and tail (though slightly "yellowed" on the ends), a blaze and rose-and-white decorations. And since he was a bit of a tribute to Maureen and her artwork, it seemed only appropriate to give him a matte finish like the old Hagens. $575ppd |
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Lot 8 - Tucker is actually an old friend's red and white Pekingese, and there is a pugnaciousness to the Nomad mold that has always reminded me of him. This guy is a clear red chestnut with a combination of all the overo patterns (something that happens more than one might think). He has two blue eyes and some subtle hand-painted streaking in his mane and tail. Tucker has a gloss finish. $250ppd |
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Lot 9 - I have had this Animal Artistry "Flying Friesian" for a while now, waiting for
just the right color. After the last lottery where I had "Charmed", the dappled
buckskin Dauntless, I thought I had it. So here he is, using a very similar
formula as the Dauntless, only this time he is a sooty palomino. His color is a
bit softer (the darker tones are in soft grey-browns, rather than black-browns),
and he's a bit more intensely dappled, but the two colors are still quite
similiar. Another advantage of doing a palomino is that it allows you to do
cool things with the lower legs, which is why his only leg marking is a single
heel patch. On his face he has a small crescent star and a large snip. He also
has an especially sweet face, which I've tried to catch with some of his photos.
Summergold is glossy. $270ppd |
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