THE RED HORSE

The Red Horse as it has come to be referred to by friends and gallery owners alike, has become a work that was birthed in pain and excitement (eventual excitement)

There are variations of size of this and some I put on wood blocks that can big hung in more intimate spaces or perhaps someday my friend the hairdresser in Hays, KS will be 'allowed' to hang a 5"x8" block at her station- odd how the most causal of places can sometime just make it more difficult than it has to be. Irony of matching Decor is that this work would be a huge bonus hanging in the black walled salon.... but I digress.....

 The Horse started out as an ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH on Black and White Film and printed on 11x14 glossy paper. The surface was then applied with oil paints, making all the background disappear and transforming a WHITE HORSE into a RED one.

There are embossing labels at top and bottom giving it a sub-text title that is obscured by the covering of paint. Whereas in other styles of my work these words and sub titles or actual titles... of some literary value and enigma would be highlighted in contrasting color and draw your attention: This one says "Portable:Dedication" fairly innocuous pair of words by themselves: I will leave the meaning; if there is one, to you.

SO- this work and a singular other horse, done in similar fashion exist as described above.
The originals are not for sale- but the custom made hand pulled prints I make are.
I use Epson Ultra Chrome Inks and Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl paper.

The surface of the paper is coated with a micro ceramic layer which the pigment is embedded into. This allows for Long Life (100 Yrs est.) and the details of the scanned image to rise up a bit and the scumbled 'scratch' marks I have drawn across the wet paint are visible as are the shades of color in background that seem dense and opaque with little variance actually contain many colors; although less important that what flies out at you: The Horse herself. Her legs trail off toward the field where she stood and her neck and head become the iconic image people seem to care for.

The larger the image the more impact it seems to command: my prints are maxed out on 13"x19" paper and image is short of that with a boarder. I had checked into professional printed larger sized ones but have no means to do it for myself: at 24x36 size would be amazing in a larger space, but calculate that by square foot pricing....


This Images was in at least one juried show and sold there before even judged, but it did make it into show, it seemed a good time to make use of promotions at that time but ironically the arts center it hung imposed a special rule just for me that I could NOT place a few smaller sleeved prints in the gift gallery for sale...found that very interesting, but if you read above RANT things in art world bring into focus not all things are fair even when apparently favorable.
I was told by a patron of that gallery that the morning after opening night a man came in a requested to buy a copy.....funny I never got a call that day or ever..... would have liked to sell that man a copy - IF the merchandise is not there the gallery can't sell it- and they did not make a 33 1/3% commission either - so i say fuck it; but i anguished over this situation: DOUBLE STANDARD HorseShit for quite a long while... You have no idea and it all defied logic.

perhaps this is too personal and naming names by Not naming names -

My spirit was pounded down by a number of people and events and it is just time to air out the work, they have sat in a box for just over a year now- while my physical health has declined and economics of the world have gotten worse.

SO PARDON ME if I get political and revealing along the way: Betrayal and Loss have a way of corrupting ones soul - STEALING THE LIGHT! until all you wish for is it to go away.


IF You find this and wish to get an estimate or purchase a print you may find my ETSY Store here: http://www.etsy.com/people/PhotographicAnomaly

I HOPE to have some works posted on that store fairly soon.

Also If You are new to Etsy to contact me via the store all you need to do is create and acct as a buyer, i do not think you need to provide payment info until or if you like www.Etsy.com itself; I am not sure of new rules but that is what you must do to contact my shop there.


THIS WORK IS DONE BY WOMAN ARTIST IN KANSAS of a KANSAN HORSE.....

New Beginning or You can never go Home?

Difficult Roads: Need Serious Tires.
As a Woman artist:  Society has little need for us, unless our name is: a 'Vera Wang' or  'Georgia O'Keeffe' !
Even Frida Kahlo's life was a torturous walk...
So unless your married to a man with MONEY and can carry on your art - (because you do not worry about your roof or meals or health care... ) then a woman's life as an artist depends on many factors that few realize the nature of. How OUR production 'or lack of' - our life's work is accepted or rejected or if we are offered MONEY for a thing we have made - is all part of what I now see as a Social Construct of Pain and struggle, against a society that expects a 19th century view of a woman to still be in place.

Kansas in 2010, became Internationally known as its new Governor swiftly, CASTRATED the Arts and Public Arts Funding in Kansas - Eliminating the Kansas Arts Commission totally in a moment of Joy for those with a political bent akin to backward ignorance and anti-intellectualism- But HEY - Kansas made history and NEWS!

I, myself shut down - drained of a empowerment and belief in oneself- that makes a small business person need to have self motivation: all door and windows and hatches were closed off to me - especially as a woman in a man's world. I saw women in power who were on the end of those state and federal monies- time and again make clear path for men in that community even as I stood face to face volunteering my time OFFERING TO TEACH CLASSES or create a program- with NO EXPECTATION for YOUR TAX art pennies or dollars to come into my personal pocket - even as i saw the 501 (c) (3) rules broken by others to favor these MEN.
In that respect; I 'almost'... can't fault the anti-intellectuals in the KS State Government for destroying the KS ARTS Funding... but they did demoralize me from afar. the real damage that has set me back from posting a single thing to this site and listing MY ART PRODUCTS on my ETSY.com store are a combination of these things.


THIS BLOG is Not to be political in nature!  it is to be the JOY of Art as I have seen others Thrilled with my work. It saddens me this is a Political and Personal expression of PAIN.

SO - Difficult Road has been walked this past year- most difficult since my birth and the months after: I am sure of it. need to ask my Mother - but I bet she struggled....

SO - NEW TIRES: ? literally - metaphorically - spiritually -

Well You can Never go Home: I am sure I heard that one in the Bible a couple decades ago... or some variation on it.
Maybe I can live near by and sent out my visions and gifts through the Internet - assuming i can afford to keep the phone and Internet for much longer.....