tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72196718780245587932011-04-21T14:30:58.348-07:00Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277446488946468469noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219671878024558793.post-40123873066444074722007-12-09T20:00:00.000-08:002007-12-09T20:40:40.148-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KohKnxF1hn4/R1y60jpaqpI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Gx7jf5L-Ty8/s1600-h/xmas07+005+%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KohKnxF1hn4/R1y60jpaqpI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Gx7jf5L-Ty8/s320/xmas07+005+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142190286635182738" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;" allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Debbie\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="MyPaintingatexhibit2"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style="">“A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist’s world.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><span style="">----Hans Hoffman<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">This quote by Hoffman sums up my current approach to painting. I have always been an outdoors person and my love of horses and riding transcends into my paintings.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">Horses have been a part of my life for over 25 years and my love of dressage which incorporates fluidity, harmony and balance is what I strive to achieve in my paintings.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">I have sketched horses for as long as I can remember, but in January 2003, I began oil painting lessons</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">which I continue today at Brush and Palette Studios in Tallahassee, Florida.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">My instructor is Peggy Higgins, a local Florida Wildlife Federation artist.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">I utilize the Lynn Maderich "Paxton" equine palette which was introduced to me by Lynn at an</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">equine artist workshop I attended last summer in Taos, New Mexico.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">I was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania but have lived over half my life in Florida.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">Besides painting horses, I also love to paint dogs, cats and Florida wildlife.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">I have a Masters in Public Health and Environmental Health from Florida International University</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">and I work part time as a medical epidemiologist.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">Thanks for checking out my blog. If you are interested in purchasing paintings or would like to</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">commission a painting, please contact me at DebbieClark1957@netscape.com<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><span style=""> </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;" allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Debbie\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="MyPaintingatexhibit2"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" >“<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><span style=";font-family:&quot;;font-size:12;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"> <br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0.0001pt -27pt;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7219671878024558793-4012387306644407472?l=baroquehorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09277446488946468469noreply@blogger.com0