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| Adobe Town HMA mare Currently at Canon Ctiy, Colorado. 4 by 6 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist SOLD |
Friday, December 6, 2013
Adoptable Mustang Adobe Town Mare, Challenge Painting #474
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Happy Adopted Mustang Jackie's Pandora Dulce From Jackie's Butte HMA, Oregon Challenge Painting #473
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| "Jackie's Pandora Dulce" 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist SOLD |
Friday, November 22, 2013
Internet Adoption Wild Horse Gelding 1743 Challenge Painting #472
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| "With A Little Help From My Friends" Wild Horse Gelding 1743 Canon City, Co 5 by 7 inches watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist $90.00 Prints will be auctioned off to help support the Wild Horse and Burro Association. via Facebook |
The November Wild Horse and Burro Program Internet adoption has ended. However it is not too late to adopt directly from the facility. All you need is the number and description of the wild horse or burro that you want, then you can contact the faculty directly from the info provided on the adoption auction posting.
This horse is currently available (as of November 19th, 2013) This horse is currently located in Canon City. For more information, contact Lona Kossnar at 719-269-8539 or e-mail lkossnar@blm.gov He is #1743 - 3 yr old bay/white pinto gelding, born at Canon City holding facility, Jun 2010. Mare gathered on 11/15/2009 from South Steens Herd Area, OR.
If the one you asked for is already adopted and you have room for a wild horse please ask about the availability of others.Remember each wild horse or burro that is adopted privately is one more animal that is taken out of the system.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Happy Adopted Wild Horse Mare 7784 Challenge Painting #471
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| "Snow Tag" Mare 7784 from the November Internet Adoption Adopted to Mississippi 5 by 7 Original Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist $90.00 |
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Internet Adoption Wild Horse Gelding 5227 Challenge Painting #470
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| "Between Friends" Gelding #5227 Born in Facility available for adoption from the BLM 4 by 6 inches watercolor original by Linda L Martin Artist Prints of Painting Available Soon |
Remember each wild horse or burro that is adopted privately is one more animal that is taken out of the system.
This horse is currently(as of November 19th, 2013) located in Pauls Valley, OK. For more information, contact Meredith Kueck at (405) 790-1072 or mkueck@blm.gov. If the one you asked for is already adopted and you have room for a wild horse please ask about the availability of others.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Internet Adoption Wild Horse Gelding 5896Challenge Painting #469
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| Gelding #5896 Born in Facility available for adoption from the BLM 4 by 6 inches watercolor original by Linda L Martin Artist Painting to be sold at the WHBA Auction Barn on FB |
Remember each wild horse or burro that is adopted privately is one more animal that is taken out of the system.
This horse is currently(as of November 18th, 2013) located in Pauls Valley, OK. For more information, contact Meredith Kueck at (405) 790-1072 or mkueck@blm.gov. If the one you asked for is already adopted and you have room for a wild horse please ask about the availability of others.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Burro Week, Internet Adoption Burro Gelding 5302 Challenge Painting #468
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| "A Donkey for Christmas" Burro 5302 is the star of this whimsical painting for my annual Christmas offering. I can think of no better thing for an already captured wild burro than to have it adopted into a loving family where it will be useful, cherished and never have to suffer abandonment, abuse or neglect. Every time a wild burro, wild horse or wild mule is adopted it keeps the animal from having to go to a long term holding facility where it might be forgotten. There is still time on the current WH&B Internet adoption for approved adopters to bid and bring home a burro or wild horse before Thanksgiving. There is still time before the Christmas rush to work with the burro and connect with it. For more information on how to be approved for adoption and how to bid go to: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/onlinegallery.php |
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Signed limited edition in-house prints are also available.
Please contact info@llmartin.com for more information.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Burro Week, Internet Adoption Burro Gelding 5302 Challenge Painting #467
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| Internet Adoption gelding Burro 5302 4 by 6 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist Painting Sold To see more of this burro on the BLM Adoption Page and how to qualify to adopt go here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/onlinegallery.php Reference photography provided for the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program |
Friday, November 8, 2013
Burro Week, Internet Adoption Burro Jenny 5320 Challenge Painting #466
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| Internet Adoption Jenny Burro 5320 4 by 6 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist Painting Sold To see more of this burro on the BLM Adoption Page and how to qualify to adopt go here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/onlinegallery.php Reference photography provided for the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program |
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Burro Week, Internet Adoption Burro Jack1984 Challenge Painting #465
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| Internet Adoption Jack Burro 1984 4 by 6 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist Painting SOLD To see more of this burro on the BLM Adoption Page and how to qualify to adopt go here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/onlinegallery.php Reference photography provided for the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program |
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Burro Week, Tip Burro at Burns, Oregon Challenge Painting #464
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| Trainer Incentive Program Burro at Burns Oregon Jenny 4 by 6 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist Painting SOLD Reference Photo Tracey Westbury |
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Burro Week, Tip Burro at Burns, Oregon Challenge Painting #463
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| Trainer Incentive Program Burro at Burns Oregon 4 by 6 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist Painting SOLD Reference Photo Tracey Westbury |
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Happy Adopted Mustang: Kahuna Kai of Twin Peaks HMA, Nevada, Challenge Painting #462
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| Kahuna Kai of Twin Peaks HMA Nevada 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist SOLD |
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Nunki, Wild Horse of Abaco Bahamas Challenge Painting #461
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| Nunki A Study in Graphite 9 by 6 inches by Linda L Martin Artist This drawing will be auctioned to raise money for the preservation of the Wild Horses of Abaco Time and Date TBA |
Her age is estimated to be 17 years old and there is a group that is working to find stallions and surrogate mares so that they can harvest her eggs and bring back the herd into a preserved area of Abaco Island, Bahamas.
I am working on a series of drawings and watercolors that will lead to an oil painting Of Nunki and her foal Spica. These paintings will help raise funds for the preservation and restoration of the herd.
If you would like to read more about what is going on with the efforts to save the breed please follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abacohorses or go to their website to http://arkwild.org/blog/
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Cheveyo Wynn, Happy Adopted Mustang Challenge Painting #460
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| Cheveyo Wynn (a.k.a.Oakie) Elm Creek Nebraska 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist $75.00 |
Cheveyo Wynn was adopted by Anna Flaugher Schaben in August of 2013 as a Two year old. According to Anna Cheveyo Wynn was born in one of the BLM wild horse sanctuaries in Oklahoma.
Here is the rest of their story as told by Anna. : "I adopted him from the Elm Creek, NE BLM holding facility. I went to the facility just so see what horses they had available, and I was just drawn in to him. He wasn't one to come up and let me love on him in the facility, but there was just something about him. I typically don't even like light horses, but I knew he had to be mine. I took him home and with in a couple hours I was leading him all over. He has the sweetest personality and just loves to be loved on by everyone. I have tons of other pictures of him on my Know Your Horse page. when I first got him we called him Oakie, because he was from Oklahoma. Even though he was born in a sanctuary he is all mustang and had mustang parents and he does have the brand (but it is hard to see because of his coloring. Here is my page https://www.facebook.com/knowyourhorse.co
Friday, October 18, 2013
Blue Eyed Mustangs of Sand Wash Basin HMA- Marty #459
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| Marty of Sand Wash Basin HMA 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist $75.00 |
Bonita is a wonderful Blue eyed gray pinto mare in Cherokee's Band at Sand Wash Basin. Her 2013 foal, Divine is the color of Cherokee, a chestnut pinto, now but will probably turn the color of her dam and brother as time passes.
The Reference image for this painting is from photographer and Sand Wash Basin Wild Horse Advocate, Sally Wright. Thank you Sally.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Nunki - Abaco Wild Horse Bahamas #458
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| First Study of Nunki for the oil painting Mostly for values and to make sure her markings are right. 9 by 6 inches mixed graphite and watercolor Will offer this one at auction TBA |
I have been told That Nunki is the last remaining descendant of the very first horses Christopher Columbus brought to the Americas. I will be painting her and her last foal Spica for the
Her age is estimated to be 17 years old and there is a group that is working to find stallions and surrogate mares so that they can harvest her eggs and bring back the herd into a preserved area of Abaco Island, Bahamas.
If you would like to read more about what is going on with the efforts to save the breed please follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abacohorses or go to their website to http://arkwild.org/blog/
Monday, October 14, 2013
Spica- Abaco Wild Horse Bahamas #457
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| Spica the Lost son of Nunki 6 by 9 inches Watercolor Study by LindaLMartin Artist Will be auctioned to raise money to preserve the Wild Horses of Abaco TBA |
Right now there is only one of these horses left alive. Her name is Nunki. Her age is estimated to be 17 years old and there is a group that is working to find stallions and surrogate mares so that they can harvest her eggs and bring back the herd into a preserved area of Abaco Island, Bahamas. If you would like to read more about what is going on with the efforts to save the breed please follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abacohorses or go to their website to http://arkwild.org/blog/
Friday, October 11, 2013
Blue Eyed Mustangs of Sand Wash Basin HMA- Bachelor Stallion Picasso Jr. #456
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| Picasso Junior ( PJ) 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartinArtist $75.00 Prints will be available soon. |
It was photographer John Wagner who first saw PJ when he was a new born October foal in 2011. John thought he looked distinctly like his band stallion the very famous Picasso, and named him PJ or Picasso Jr.
Generally speaking it is very hard to really know which foals are fathered by which band stallion in most herds. The reason is because quite often younger stallions will steal away mares that seem willing and of course young first time stallions are always looking for mares. True to form PJ's dam, Olga a beautiful bay mare was very soon spotted with a different stallion named Vegas. She has stayed with Vegas since and PJ this past summer left Vegas' Band and is now out with the Bachelors as a 2 year old.
A special thanks to John Wagner for his reference photography. I have had an ongoing collaboration with John since 2011. When I sell a painting or print where one of his reference shots is used I save a portion out for him to continue his work of documenting the wild horses at Sand Wash Basin.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Blue Eyed Mustangs of Sand Wash Basin HMA- Band Stallion Haze #455
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| "Haze" 5 by 7 Watercolor by Linda L Martin $75.00 Signed limited edition In-house prints of this painting are available via email: info@llmartin.com |
This beautiful blue eyed sorrel stallion advocates of Sand Wash Basin HMA called Haze actually became a band stallion after a horrid Tragedy struck in the winter of 2012. Band Stallion Davy Greasewood (aka Davy G) was caught in wire and had to be humanely destroyed. Haze immediately picked up Davy's two mares Yarrow and and her filly White Sage. Also a reoccurring tag along was Demi the sorrel pinto domestic who was dropped off on the Herd Management Area sometime in the summer of 2011. Demi has no brand so according to the law she is considered a wild horse.
According to some of the photographers and wild horse watchers White Sage was a hand full and very protective of her mother. Yarrow an aging liver chestnut mare had some sort of deformity in her front foot that made her crippled. Her disability continues and yet the mare manages to thrive. Some how Haze managed to keep the small band of mares together and WhiteSage had a beautiful chestnut foal this spring that was soon named Sagewood, In Memory of Davy G.
Time will tell if Haze manages to keep a band on Sand Wash Basin.
A special thanks to John Wagner for the reference photography.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Blue Eyed Mustangs of Sand Wash Basin HMA- Bonita and Divine #454
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| "Bonita and Divine" 5 by7 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin $90.00 Signed Prints available upon request info@llmartin.com |
Monday, October 7, 2013
Blue Eyed Mustangs of Sand Wash Basin HMA- Band Stallion Benson #453
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| "Benson" 5 by 7 Watercolor by LindaLMartinArtist $75.00 Prints available privately through info@llmartin.com |
I first started following the Exploits of Benson through The Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses Page on Facebook and Nancy Roberts' blog about the herd when he was a bachelor stallion. Often Benson was teamed up with Cowboy, another pinto stallion and sometimes Corona's crippled son, Tripod especially during the winters. This past winter Benson came into his own and now he is a force to be reckoned with as a band stallion. Benson is a striking black pinto with a surprisingly innocent kindly bald face; however, faced with an adversary he becomes a magnificent example of power, strength and protectiveness as he watches over his band of mares and foals.
A special thanks to John Wagner for his reference photography. I have had an ongoing collaboration with John since 2011. When I sell a painting or print where one of his reference shots is used I save a portion out for him to continue his work of documenting the wild horses at Sand Wash Basin. You can purchase a signed print of this painting of Benson by contacting me directly at info@llmartin.com
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Salt River Wild Horses of Arizona Challenge Painting #452
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| "New Dawn" Salt River Wild Horses in the Arizona Desert of the Tonto National Forest 6 by 9 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist $200.00 |
When most Americans from the East and mid-west think of desert horses of the west, our visions have been colored by movies and romantic histories of what we think of as the quintessential desert. It always has cactus, many types of cactus and many colors in layers like sediment on wind ravaged mountains over time; however, they are living plants with greens and purples and blues in shadows that defy the truth of how hot it can be there. Yes it is romantic. Oddly it is the Salt River wild Horses of the Tonto National Forrest that live the reality have uniquely adapted to the harsh beauty of the desert and the wonders of grazing the Salt River.
Yes, I did say grazing the river. They bask in the shade of the trees along the river; however, they actually dip their heads, sometimes completely, into the Salt River and eat the river grasses under the water. They teach their young to do this from the time they are born. In coming weeks I will be painting some of this behavior as well as more of the life along this beautiful desert river.
Actually painting the Arizona Desert with all its nuances is a special challenge to me. After three years of painting high desert wild horses of Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming with sage brush and greasewood, then the sparse dry lands of Nevada and Utah, Painting Arizona wild horses is presenting a whole new color pallet and a very different type of desert.
The Salt River Wild Horses of Arizona are not protected by the Wild Horse and Burro Act. I am told that the wild horses run not only in National Forest Land as well as Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. One advocate claims that the horses have always been living along the river even before the WH&B Act.
The one thing that the Salt River herd have that most other wild horses do not, is an amazing desert river that flows year long. And there they spend much of their time raising their young, interacting with visitors to the Tonto National Forest. and have developed some very unique skills involving water that are usually only seen in the East Coast Herds among the ponies who frequent the marshlands. One description of this Forrest land is that it is the largest Urban Forrest in Arizona.
A special thank you to Dave Saunders one of the Arizona Photographers for many of the paintings, including this one. Thanks Dave! If you would like to interact with more of the photographers who are active in documenting this herd please consider joining the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/100496980142662/
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Its Blue Eyed Mustang Week! East Coast Internet Adoption Challenge painting #451
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| "Muskrat Love" Wild Blue-Eyed Horse #0157 from Muskrat Basin HMA, WY 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist $75.00 |
This beautiful bay pinto blue eyed gelding is 2 years old and was originally from Muskrat Basin HMA in Wyoming. He was sold on the internet adoption to a new adopter from Texas. This horses was housed at the famous Mantle Rance in Wyoming. Steve Mantle and his family work tirelessly to help prepare a number of horses to reassign as TIP horses or to prep for internet adoptions. If anyone knows who the final winner was please contact me with his new name and I will up date the blog post.
Every single mustang is special. And so many of these wild horses not only have unique colors but they have unique stories. A special thanks to the BLM for allowing me to paint these wild horses from their images.
For those looking forward to the next internet adoption It is being held September25th through October 9th, 2013. Remember if you would like to bid on a horse you have to be approved. To read the details and see the horses that will be offered you can access the BLM website here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/index.php
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Its Blue Eyed Mustang Week! East Coast Internet Adoption Challenge painting #450
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| "Blue Eyed Beauty" Mustang #2201 From The BLM East Coast Internet Adoption from August 2013 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist $75.00 |
Every single mustang is special. And so many of these wild horses not only have unique colors but they have unique stories. A special thanks to the BLM for allowing me to paint these wild horses from their images.
For those looking forward to the next internet adoption It is being held September25th through October 9th. Remember if you would like to bid on a horse you have to be approved. To read the details and see the horses that will be offered you can access the BLM website here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/index.php
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Its Blue Eyed Mustang Week! East Coast Internet Adoption Challenge painting #449
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| "Wildest Eyes" August East Coast Internet Adoption Mustang #8557 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartinArtist $75.00 |
Every single mustang is special. And so many of these wild horses not only have unique colors but they have unique stories. A special thanks to the BLM for allowing me to paint these wild horses from their images.
For those looking forward to the next internet adoption It will be held September25th through October 9th. Remember if you would like to bid on a horse you have to be approved. To read the details and see the horses that will be offered you can access the BLM website here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/index.php
Monday, September 23, 2013
Its Blue Eyed Mustang Week! 2013 Mustang Million Competitor Sequoya #448
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| "Sequoya" 2013 Mustang Million Competitor Owned by Nancy Hawley 5 by 7 inches by Linda L Martin Artist SOLD |
Friday, September 20, 2013
Salt River Wild Horses of Arizona Challenge Painting #447
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| "The Look Out" Salt River Wild Stallion Along the Salt River Arizona 6 by 9 inches watercolor $200.00 By LindaLMartin Prints available on FineArtAmerica here: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/-the-look-out-linda-l-martin.html |
The majority of un-protected wild horses today were either not on Federal Public Land at the time of Act or they were on private, state or reservation land that never fell under the protection of the 1971 act. I am also told that some herds and bands were not counted as part of the 1971 census due to political maneuvering as well as miss understandings as to ownership of the wild horses during the first Census after the Wild Horse and Burro Act was passed and put into effect. As I have stated one such herd was the Virginia Range horses in Nevada.
The Salt River Wild Horses of Arizona are another such a herd. I am told that the wild horses run on both National Forest Land as well as Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. One advocate claims that the horses have always been living along the river even before the WHB Act.
The one thing that the Salt River herd has that most other wild horses do not is an amazing desert river that flows year long. And there they spend much of their time raising their young, interacting with visitors to the Tonto National Forest. and have developed some very unique skills involving water that are usually only seen in the East Coast Herds among the ponies who frequent the marshlands.
This is my first painting of the Wild Horses of the Salt River I am collaborating with Dave Saunders one of the Arizona Photographers for many of the paintings, including this drawing. Thanks Dave! If you would like to interact with more of the photographers who are active in documenting this herd please consider joining the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/100496980142662/
Friday, September 13, 2013
Salt River Wild Horses of Arizona Challenge Painting #446
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| "Red Mountain" Salt River Wild Horses Drawing 8 by 10 inches Graphite on Watercolor Paper by Linda L Martin Artist NFS Limited edition of 20 signed prints available by request info@llmartin.com |
The majority of un-protected wild horses today were either not on Federal Public Land at the time of Act or they were on private, state or reservation land that never fell under the protection of the 1971 act. I am also told that some herds and bands were not counted as part of the 1971 census due to political maneuvering as well as miss understandings as to owner ship of the wild horses during the first Census after the Wild Horse and Burro Act was passed and put into effect. As I have stated one such herd was the Virginia Range horses in Nevada.
The Salt River Wild Horses of Arizona are another such a herd. I am told that the wild horses run on both National Forest Land as well as Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation.
The one thing that the Salt River herd has that most other wild horses do not is an amazing desert river that flows year long. And there they spend much of their time raising their young, interacting with visitors to the Tonto National Forest. and have developed some very unique skills involving water that are usually only seen in the East Coast Herds among the ponies who frequent the marshlands.
This drawing is my first Study of the Salt River Wild Horses and will be the first in a series of paintings and Drawings I will be undertaking in the next 6 weeks. I am collaborating with Dave Saunders one of the Arizona Photographers for many of the paintings, including this drawing. Thanks Dave!
If you would like to see more images of the Salt River Wild Horses you can follow their page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaltRiverWildHorses
Blogger's note: Some of the factual information about the Salt River Wild Horses was missing and incorrect and I made corrections on 9/14/2013 . Thanks to the Salt River Wild Horse Team for updating me and helping me share corrected information.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Internet Adopton Burro #5895 Challenge Painting #445
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| Burro #5895 Watercolor Study Miniature 3.5 by 2.5 inches by Linda L Martin Artist Painting SOLD |
If you would like to give a good home to one of theses deserving animals, please take a look at the available horses and burros:
Access the Internet Adoption page here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/
Learn how to use the Wild Horse and Burro Internet Adoption sight here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/howtoadopt.php
To have your adopted Mustang or Burro painted please contact me at info@llmartin.com And be sure to write Paint My Wild Horse in the subject line.
~Remember if you see a horse or burro on the Internet adoption and it doesn't find a home, be sure to get its tag number in case you have an opportunity to adopt later. The BLM can find the horse or burro via the tag number. ~
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Internet Adopton Burro #5362 Challenge Painting #444
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| Burro #5362 Watercolor Study Miniature 3.5 by 2.5 inches by Linda L Martin Artist Painting SOLD |
Access the Internet Adoption page here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/
Learn how to use the Wild Horse and Burro Internet Adoption sight here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/howtoadopt.php
To have your adopted Mustang or Burro painted please contact me at info@llmartin.com And be sure to write Paint My Wild Horse in the subject line.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Internet Adopton Burro #5906 Challenge Painting #443
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| Burro #5906 Watercolor Study Miniature 3.5 by 2.5 inches by Linda L Martin Artist Painting SOLD |
Access the Internet Adoption page here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/
Learn how to use the Wild Horse and Burro Internet Adoption sight here: https://www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/howtoadopt.php
To have your adopted Mustang or Burro painted please contact me at info@llmartin.com And be sure to write Paint My Wild Horse in the subject line.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Kiger Colors Study Painting #442
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| "Dust Storm" Kiger Colors Study Dun, Grulla, Red Dun, Black 12 by 6 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist $400.00 Prints available TBA |
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Happy Mustang, KC of Horse Springs Kiger Ranch Painting #442
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| "A Quiet Place" KC of Horse Springs Kiger Ranch in Oregon 8 by 10 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist $300.00 Prints of this painting are available on Fine Art America |
Monday, August 26, 2013
Happy Mustang, Kiger Stallion Chinook Canyon Painting #441
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| "Blue Moon" Chinook Canyon 8 by 10 inches Watercolor by Linda L.Martin Artist $200.00 Prints of "Blue Moon" are available on Fine Art America Limited edition in-house signed prints are available on the Mustang A Day Challenge Store on Etsy |
Friday, August 23, 2013
Happy Mustang, Kiger Mares Painting #440
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| Kiger Mares 6 by 9 Inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin $300.00 Prints Available on Fine Art America |
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Happy Mustang, Kigers!!! Painting #439
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| "Into The Light" Adopted Kiger Stallions 6 by 9 inches Watercolors by LindaLMartin Artist $600.00 Limited Edition In House Signed Prints 11 by 8.5 inches Available Via MustangADayChallenge Etsy Store Unsigned prints Available on Linda Martin's Fine Art America Store |
Kigers are one of the most sought after wild horses in America. This herd only originates from the Kiger Mountain and Riddle Mountain HMA Ranges. Kigers are currently the only herd managed by the BLM that consistently has a 99% adoption rate.
The reason for this high adoption rate is more than careful management it. It is the careful dedication of the private sector owners and fans in promoting these beautiful Spanish style mustangs as performance and pleasure horses.
Keep in mind that Kigers are only true Kigers if they were from this range or they are the offspring of both parents that came from either of those two ranges. Thus far Kigers have proven themselves in all forms of competition after adoption including driving, combined training, hunter classes, dressage, reining, competitive trail and endurance, ranch and stock work, gymkhana, 4-H and pleasure. Kiger Mustangs are range specific and usually only come in 6 colors with little or no white markings. Kigers are growing fast in popularity in Europe and especially Germany where they are valued and bred for show and pleasure.
The most frequent Kiger colors are Dun and Grulla. Other colors are Strawberry or Red Dun, Light Bay with no primative markings, and rarely solid black and gray.
A special thanks to Photographer and Kiger owner Amanda Wilder for the reference photography and for members of the Kiger groups on Facebook for helping me put together this collection.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Happy Mustang,Journey, to the Mustang Million 2013 Fort Worth TexasChallenge Painting#438
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| "To the Mustang Million" Dana Kesselring's Journey 5 by 7 Watercolor by artist Linda L Martin Sold |
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Happy Mustang, Aries, To The Heart of A Mustang. Challenge Painting#437
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| "Aries"5 by 7 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist SOLD Prints are available Fine Art America |
The most amazing thing about what she was doing with Aries is his Age. He was 12 at the time she began training him. This is something that is near and dear to my heart because so many people try to say that a wild horse over the age of 7 cannot be trained or made useful in captivity.
This in my opinion puts older wild horses who are considered excess in jeopardy.
Sometimes the older horses, such as Kathryn’s Aries, are removed from the range at an older age. Generally a horse like Aries would be gelded and shipped with other geldings to a contract facility in the mid-west where he would live out his life in thousands of acres of grassy pasture with plenty of forage and water. A gentle life where he would only be touched or even see humans once a year to trim feet and make sure the health of the animal was good.
But what happens when these contract facilities are filled to capacity? What happens when, like in 2012, fewer and fewer acres were available to lease by the Bureau of Land Management because the contractors were needing to use the pasture lands for a more rewarding economic ventures in order to sustain their families?
Aries’ and Kathryn’s story is an amazing journey of challenges and over coming. She highlights the possibilities and gives a realistic picture of what working with older mustangs is really all about. It is with great pleasure; and I have to admit it, I’m just thrilled to have the opportunity, to Paint and Share Aries’s portrait. The entire story of Aries and Kathryn's 2 years is on-line in youtube.
To the Heart of a Mustang can be viewed starting with the pilot episode here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8nRgrgRGI8
See Kathryn's first interaction with Aries here:
Episode 2 is when she brought him to the farm for the first time:
You can also see images of Aries and ask Kathryn question about her experience on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/heartofamustang
A special thank you to Marcie Lewis for the reference photography of Aries.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Happy Mustang, Lisa Wood's Shawnee, Challenge Painting#436
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| "Shawnee" 5 by 7 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartin Artist SoldPrints of Shawnee are available on Fine Art America |
According to her barely visible brand this sweet gentle mustang mare was born in 1991 in the Agusta Mountains in Nevada. Shawnee subsequently went through an adoption auction at the Palomino Valley BLM Facility the same year. She was sold as a nursing foal with her dam. Her dam was aged at 7 years at the time and was suspected to have been sold as meat as she was never documented to have been seen again.
Shawnee was passed from owner to owner. She was valued for her splashy pinto markings that Lisa told me in July, was called " Medicine Hat". In 1994 it seems Shawnee's life stopped and she was religated to a 12 foot by 12 foot enclosure by an inexperienced owner who regularly paid her board. " When I added my quarter horse to the boarding facility, the two became stable-mates. I got permission to work with her, but was warned that she was mean , ugly, stupid and untrainable." Lisa stated.
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| Lisa and Shawnee Photo provided by Lisa Wood and used by permission. |
This didn't stop Lisa. She worked with the mare. Even though Shawnee's feet were abscessed and she had scabs over her eyes from lack of care and too many flies, as Lisa spent time and patience with the mare her feet became sound, her eyes healed, and her fear turned to willingness and her true gentle spirit emerged.
According to Lisa, Shawnee had a strong maternal gentleness that helped her formed strong bonds with humans and other horses. This mare thought to be untrainable was actually slow to anger and "seldom becomes alarmed".
Lisa convinced the previous owner to sell the mare to her for $1.
Shawnee has racked up quite a number of achievements:
In 2001 Lisa and Shawnee did 3,000 miles in cross country riding including 56 miles in 2 days across a BLM managed desert with no water. According to Lisa, Shawnee showed no signs of dehydration or weight loss at the end of the challenging crossing. The trek that started on the west coast ended in Virginia.
"Once we arrived in Virginia, a fancy riding club invited us to join a fox hunt. Wearing my trail-beaten clothing, Shawnee her loud tri-color coat, we set off. Only as the first hedge appeared did it occur to me that the sport involved jumping. I clapped my hands over my eyes and prepared to meet the ground. Shawnee calmly stayed with the herd, and jumped perfectly. At the end of the ride, the hunt club members were seeking to replace their hunter-jumpers with well-behaved mustangs."
According to Lisa this wonderful mare is not only good with other horses and people but she is great with children and inexperienced riders as well. " I dont own her." Lisa told me, "She owns me! That is Medicine Hat Tradition" she pointed out.
A special thanks to Lona Patton who first shared the story of this mare. For those who don't know Lona, she is amazing Photographer in Wyoming. Lona is a dedicated mustang owner and works tirelessly to help find adoptive homes for wild horses and educate the general public in their care and training. Her daughter is also doing amazing things and is a credit to her mom. Thanks Lona! You Can see some some of Lona's work on her photography page: https://www.facebook.com/L.PattonPhotography
Reference Photography for this painting was provided by Lisa Wood.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Happy Mustang, Journey, Heading For the 2013 Mustang Million in Forth Worth TX Challenge Drawing #435
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| "Bonding Time" Journey and Mustang Trainer Dana Kesselring 8 by 10 inches Graphite on Paper by LindaLMartin Artist $285.00 For information on commissions contact the artist at info@llmartin.com |
Friday, August 9, 2013
Band of Mustangs from Virginia Range, Nevada. Challenge Painting #434
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| "Introductions" New foal on the Virginia Range 9 by 11 inches Watercolor by LindaLMrtin Artist $250.00 Info@llmartin.com for more information Prints available |
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Band of Mustangs from Virginia Range, Nevada. Challenge Painting #433
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| "Life Skills" Virginia Range Wild Horses Coming up from Water. 6 by 9 inches Watercolor by Linda L Martin Artist $250.00 Only 20 Signed Prints in this Run. Contact me at info@llmartin.com for information |
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Band of Mustangs from Virginia Range, Nevada. Challenge Painting #432
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| Spring Break Mustangs At Water on the Virginia Range 9 by 6 inches Watercolor by LindaLMartinArtist $250.00 Signed Prints available for $35.00 each contact info@llmartin.com for information |
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Mare and Foal of Virginia Range Nevada Challenge Painting #431
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| "Across Lava Rock" Virginia Range Mare and Foal Original Watercolor 5 by 7 inches by LindaLMartin Artist $90.00 |
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Magic 2013 Filly of Sand Wash Basn HMA Challenge Image#430
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| "Magic"Band Stallion: Cosmo - Dam: Gem 4 by 6 inches Pastel Pencil on Paper by LindaLMartin Artist $45.00 info@llmartin.com |
A special Thank- you to John Wagner for the reference photography
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Stargazer 2013 Foal of Sand Wash Basn HMA Challenge Image#429
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| Stargazer Band Stallion: Cosmo - Dam: Grace 4 by 6 inches Pastel Pencil on Paper by LindaLMartin Artist $45.00 info@llmartin.com |
A special thanks to John Wagner for the reference photography.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Bandy 2013 Filly of Sand Wash Basn HMA Challenge Image#428
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| BandyBand Stallion: Willie Nelson- Dam: Sedona 4 by 6 Pastel Pencil on Paper by LindaLMartinArtist $45.00 info@llmartin.com |
A special thanks to John Wagner for the reference photography.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Kahlua 2013 Colt of Sand Wash Basn HMA Challenge Image#427
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| "Kahlua" Corona Band Stallion-Lona Dam 4 by 6 inches Pastel Pencil on Paper by LindaLMartin Artist $45.00 |
A special thanks to John Wagner for the reference photography.
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