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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Life in the historic town of Windsor, flanked by the Hawkesbury River is idyllic. So much beauty, so many sensory gifts touch my life. My passion is drawing. It's absolute simplicity is it's gift and it's challenge. The gift: instant communication from head and heart to hand and paper. The challenge: to be constantly present with the work, to leave the World behind, and stay open to inspiration flooding in. If not, then pencil as a medium is unforgiving. I've been creating art professionally since 1995. Five Solo, many Group Exhibitions and commissions and creating whimsical art for eBay have kept me busy for years. I love the Miniature. As a balance my ocean paintings and large Equine graphites are spirited and airy! I rode horses from the age of 8,finding a life~long love and empathy with them when my first pony came to live with us. Patches, the fiery pinto taught me the meaning of tenacity, independance, patience, love, and facing my disappointments. Her beautiful red chestnut coat flashed with snow white, inspired my imagination. Horses continue to power my creativity, their beauty and spirit are endlessly inspiring! Jen

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

"Daisy Days" ~ An Expression of Personal Power.


The horse is a powerhouse of perfect balance. He contains huge reservoirs of high voltage energy, which idles gently beneath his glistening chrome~sheen coat. His expression of that energy, his release of it, can be so fine tuned as to carry daisy chains gently afloat in his dancing mane, whilst rippling muscle and taut sinew coil in a dance of their own.
As always the gift animals offer to us is to see ourselves reflected in their eyes.
If I can strive to express my own personal power in such a balanced way as this, without aggression or arrogance, with rhythm and grace and just enough boldness, then I have honoured the horse and learned his lesson. And I thank him.
"Daisy Days"

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