All Tacked Up ~ Peppy Poco Cha Cha

Love this new resin by the incomparable Lynn Fraley . Here he is all tacked up !!!

 Tack set is available on MH$P .

Finding inspiration

Sometimes the hardest part about being an artist is finding the inspiration to move forward. It can feel impossible to move forward when one is blocked . I think in part this is where some artists myself included end up with so many unfinished projects. I can't even tell you how many horses I have in some form of progress right now but it is a lot more than will be shown in this post .

 4 minis in various stages of painting

Fortunately I am a little bit better about this when it comes to tack all though I still have quite a few unfinished projects there as well .

  Various tack projects . Some quite close to finished .

I find my inspiration in many ways . I love love love the model horse performance magazine . I need to renew my subscription . 

Another great form of inspiration is other mail . I sign up for lots of tack catalogs and but that isn't the only form of inspiring mail . A order of western saddle pads is great for inspiration as is a new horse or prop that lends the energy to work on something new .

 

Free tack catalogs

 

 

My most recent saddle pads made by one of my bff's Robyn 

I also love reading peoples blogs and seeing what they are working on and some of their work spaces here are some pics of what I have going on and where I work . See my blog list one the right for some of my favorites !

 currently being prepped

 The back side of my tack table with current tack projects organized.

But sometimes the best form of inspiration is to make something just for the fun of it here are 2 for the fun of it tack sets one recent and one from a few months back  .

 A donation to plastic ponies on parade completed a few months back .

A recently finished class set available Here

This set will be getting longer reins and now comes with a saddle pad .

 

So what are you working on? How do you find inspiration ?

Still Shiny

This is Boondox Royalty a Williams matriarch I painted for Jeni Lambert in 2007 . This Photo is from yesterday's show for the cure .... Yup she's still shiny Captain !

Yes I have started re watching Firefly world beware.

Got any winning pics of horses or tack I have done ? I would be glad to feature them here.

Some Kind Of Crazy

I Love making tack .... But tack making does not always love me . My most recent escapade was a traditional scale saddleseat double bridle for Jeni's custom PS arab.

This bridle Hates me . My buddy Robyn dubbed it the bridle from hell which is what I will forever remember it as . If it could go wrong it did . But after a few weeks of struggling it is finally done . I was so relieved .

I had it all planned out it was going to be so easy ... yeah famous last words .

So here is a picture of the " Bridle From Hell " . My PS Arab is an unpainted body and my camera doesn't play well with white or unpainted horses.

I am looking forward to going back to western tomorrow !