free rein art studio and farm news and views from animal and portarit artist Sue Steiner
One of the challenges I find as a portrait artist is working from poor photos to create artwork. I realize people may want artwork because they have poor photos. I do my best to work with what people have but my best work comes from good photos that I can enlarge and see clearly to [...]
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Use these unique, one of a kind Journals for photos, training journals, rescue rehab progress photos! Colorful, playful and original! SOLD Horse bling is added to jazz this up!
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In addition to animals I love painting people. Here is a sampling of some of my figurative and portrait oil paintings and mixed media.
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These horse photos are from my visit to the Ohio Equine Affaire in Columbus last year. I hope to make it again this year. Its always a great inspiration to see the wide variety of breeds of horses, the clinicians and the shopping of course! My two favorite places to shop- a tack shop [...]
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On my easle: I enjoy doing a wide variety of breeds of dogs as well as horses, cats, farm animals and wild life. I also enjoy people portraits, horses and rider portraits and more abstract renderings of landscapes. For more information on commissioning me for a pet portrait please visit this page: http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/about/pet-portrait-commissions/ To contact [...]
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Temps rose, ice melted and the inevitable happened- MUD. So in light of spring approaching I am having a photo contest to see who has the muddiest horse?? Post photos in the comments section and once I have a dozen or two to choose from I will set up a photo contest in which the person [...]
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I can never just settle on one of anything so I am adding several here and may even add more as time goes on. A is for…….. Arab Appaloosa, leopard American Pit Bull Stella Appaloosa, foal, snowflake blanket Arabian,
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I am so excited to be a regular contributor to a really fantastic online animal magazine, CreaturesAll. It is all the things I love wrapped up in a visually pleasing, entertaining package! It is personal, heartwarming and funny! In my column, A Brush with Life, I will be highlighting a painting that was inspired by a [...]
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In addition to horses and dogs I also enjoy painting cats. I will show you a sampling of some of the cat paintings I have done recently. Some of these a commissions and some studio art and some were created for Save A Face. Other Useful Links: Mercy Fund for Sugarcreek Horses Horse Related Art [...]
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