Primative Markings on Wild Mustangs: Grulla (With Lace) Gelding #480

Hooch
Black Rock East HAM
This Happy Adopted Mustang Has  faint Lacing on his Grulla Coat in Summer
4 by 6 inches Watercolor
by Linda L Martin Artist
Reserved for Adopter

Primative Markings on Wild Mustangs: Dun-Claybank Kiger Colt #477

Graying Dun or Claybank  Kiger
From Kiger -Riddle Mountain Oregon
4 by 6 inches Watercolor
by LindaLMartinArtist
$35.00

Its Blue Eyed Mustang Week! East Coast Internet Adoption Challenge painting #450

"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

This beautiful bay pinto blue eyed filly is 2 years old and originally from the Paisley Desert HMA.  She was nearing $900 on the internet adoption the last time I peaked before she sold.  Her last Bidder was to New Mexico. If anyone knows who the final winner was please contact me with her 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. 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

Its Blue Eyed Mustang Week! East Coast Internet Adoption Challenge painting #449

"Wildest Eyes"
August East Coast Internet Adoption Mustang #8557
5 by 7 inches Watercolor
by LindaLMartinArtist
$75.00

This watch eyed beauty is probably the darkest grulla horse Ive ever seen with the lightest blue eyes. She is just a beauty. I wasn't able to see the final bid on this one; However the last time I looked the high bid was Texas. I'm hoping that some of my Internet friends can tell me where she finally ended up and what they named her. 

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

Its Blue Eyed Mustang Week! 2013 Mustang Million Competitor Sequoya #448

"Sequoya"
2013 Mustang Million Competitor
Owned by Nancy Hawley
5 by 7 inches
by Linda L Martin Artist
SOLD

Hurricane Band Stallion of Sand Wash Basin HMA Challenge Image #411

"Hurricane"
4 by 6 inches Graphite on Paper
by LindaLMartin
Original $60.00
In-house 11 by 8.5 inches Signed Prints $35.00 each
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Just a little about Hurricane:

I painted him during hurricane season last year when a huge nor-easter was baring down on the Mid-Atlantic states. Some who it just seemed fitting. This beautiful Sandy Red Dun stallion is free of any white marks and a very good band stallion at keeping his mares fit and healthy. This spring he surprised everyone by showing off two beautiful Dun foals from his two gray mares.These two are identical to their band stallion/dad. I haven't been able to confirm the gender yet of the two foals how ever they are the spitting image of Hurricane.I will try to draw them later on this week.


Keep this in mind though alot of these mares are exchanged year to year and so their foals are by different sires. Even with those mares that stay consistently with one stallion year after year we can only be 90% sure that the band stallion the mares are with is the sire of their foals unless there is DNA testing. This is one way creation keeps genetic viability. There are a few that we suspect manage to not participate in mare swapping on SWB. Since 2010 Eagle has been consistently with one mare. Corona has been consistently with the same group of mares, and Picasso even though down to one mare has been consistently with that mare.

Special Thanks to John Wagner for the reference photography.

Jimmy Darksand Band Stallion of Sand Wash Basin HMA #410

"Jimmy Darksand"
5 by 7 inches  Graphite on Paper
by Linda L Martin Artist
Original $75.00
in-house signed prints $35.00each

How Jimmy Darksand Got His Name:

I suppose that more than a few people know that I was the one who named Jimmy for the population counts and to track the horses at Sand Wash Basin HMA. I thought you all might like to know the story behind the name. I have never shared it until now.

One day In 2010,  on the Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses page  in Facebook that Nancy Roberts started, she invited who ever happened to be around that day to help name this particular stallion.

Well, as I was looking through the  photos of  him.  I thought he always seems so dusty and sandy,  He was almost the  color of dark sand. And the way he moved reminded me of my horse loving cowboy boyfriend from high school. So I suggested the name Jimmy Darksand to Nancy Roberts for the purposes of documenting the wild horses there. 

At that time there was just over 300 people following the wild horses of the Sand Wash Basin Range on Facebook.  Each day I couldn’t wait to rush in and see the new foals, hear of the exploits.  When she agreed to the name, I was thrilled. And now I had a personal connection to the horses there.  Each day I was thrilled to hear reports of how Jimmy was doing. I looked forward to  hearing  if anyone had a new sighting of my boy, Jimmy. Of course by that time I already knew that I was connected to him in my heart.


I am eventually going to paint a painting of Jimmy and Barbie, his one beautiful gray mare, together. I will share the rest of Jimmy's story with you when I  paint the painting.I’ve been planning it for over a year.

But for right now enjoy this simple graphite of my boy, Jimmy. As many of you know he was humanely destroyed after breaking a leg on the last weekend of April. 


A special thanks to Sally Wright for the Reference photo of Jimmy Darksand.

Lozania 2 year old filly of Sand Wash Basin HMA #408

"Lozania"
5 by 7 inches Oil on canvas board
by Linda L Martin
SOLD

Reference photography thanks to John Wagner.

Kissy, Orphan Foal of Sand Wash Basin Challenge Painting #405

Kissy the Orphan Foal and her Oldest Brother  Stomper

"Stomper and Kissy"
5 by 7 Graphite on Paper
by Linda L. Martin Artist
 Original $75.00
11 by 8.5 inch in house signed prints available for $35.00 each
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Reference photography thanks to John Wagner and Patrick Brennan

Burros From New Mexico~ Challenge Painting #390

"Coming Out"
New Mexico Burro Jenny and Foal
5 by 8.5 inches  Graphite on Paper
by LindaLMartinArtist
$65.00 Original
$ 35.00 Prints
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Burros From New Mexico~ Challenge Painting #389

"Finding Shade"
New Mexico Burro Jenny and Foal
5 by 8.5 inches  Graphite on Paper
by LindaLMartinArtist
$65.00 Original
$ 35.00 Prints
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Challenge Painting #377 Working Mustang All Purpose Pony

"Clara"
All Purpose Mustang Pony
Rides, Drives, Trails, Does Ranch Work.
8.5 by ll inches Graphite on #110 Paper
by Artist LindaLMartin
$130.00
Signed Prints available for $35.00
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