Artist's Drawing and Inspiration

An Equine Love Affair

Living on a farm on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales with my partner, I consider myself very blessed to have lots of subjects to paint right outside my front doorstep. We have an abundance of wildlife and birds, bush and mountains, with the Lansdowne River meandering its way through the property. Livestock on the farm consists of beef cattle, a few crossbred sheep and my Paint and Palomino horses – giving me a variety of animals to paint every day - inspiration on the hoof, so to speak. As I write this we are at the start of the calving and lambing season which means there will be many new

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