Black ceramic pony is a unique small handcrafted ceramic pony in a shiny metallic black glaze with 22ct gold leaf mane and tail
Black ceramic pony is a unique small handcrafted ceramic pony in a shiny metallic black glaze with 22ct gold leaf mane and tail
Christmas pony is a unique small handcrafted ceramic pony in a Matt white glaze with red glazed scarf, hat and bow and 22ct gold leaf mane, tail and hooves. This sculpture was specially designed for Christmas 2023 and measures approx 5” x 5”
Connemara in a Thistle field is an oil painting of a young connemara pony in among the thistles. The abstract nature of the background and the expression of the pony really appealed to me.
Connemara Pony is an oil painiting of a mare called 'Primrose' I believe, owned by Dunguaire Connemara ponies in Galway who kindly allowed me to paint her, This pony breed is synonymus with Ireland
Highland Queen is an oil painting of a highland pony mare in her native Scottish landscape. The reference image was provided with permission by Ruth Chamberlain and she provides the following information on the breed 'The Highland pony was developed in the Highlands of Scotland. They descend from the Western Isles pony (just like the Eriskay) and had other breed introduced during their development to produce a large strong pony that could work the land and carry people etc. One famous job of theirs is carrying red deer carcasses off the hills'
On the high moor is an oil painting of a grey Dartmoor hill pony grazing on Dartmoor near Haytor rocks. This pony is typical of the semi wild hill ponies that have been gazing here for thousands of years. This is not a pedigree Dartmoor pony which are brown or bay with no white markings but still a native moorland pony. The Dartmoor pony stud book was only created about 100 years ago. I visit this part of Devon often as I grew up close by.
Shetland is an original painting of a faroese pony which are a critically endangered breed of pony that look very like a Shetland pony and were probably used for simialr work on the Faroe Island