Free Rein Art Studio http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com Let Your Creativity Loose! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:52:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Outside the Lines! http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2012/01/outside-the-lines/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2012/01/outside-the-lines/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:58:39 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5060  

 

Inside or Outside?

Training my young, green horse outside of the ring first,  rather than inside an arena has been a new experience for me.   The other times I have worked with green horses has been to do mostly ring work first and then begin to venture out. [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2012/01/outside-the-lines/feed/ 0 No Pasture Puffs Allowed! http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2012/01/no-pasture-puffs-allowed/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2012/01/no-pasture-puffs-allowed/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:14:23 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5054 I have made it my mission to have NO pasture puffs in pasture this year.  I cut back on horses so that I can spend more time riding and less time mucking and doing maintenance.    So far this has been a good thing all the way around.  My other horses have found wonderful homes and [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2012/01/no-pasture-puffs-allowed/feed/ 0 ‘You Can Do It’ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/you-can-do-it/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/you-can-do-it/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:47:42 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5050

Sometimes we all need a little nudge.   I have been working with my horse Remmy to transition her from an ex-racehorse to a pleasure horse.  I am also working to move forward over obstacles in my life.   As I work and train my horse I find parallels in my life.    I write [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/you-can-do-it/feed/ 0 Being Chosen http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/being-chosen/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/being-chosen/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:19:43 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5044

Horses, like people, have different opinions on what it feels like to be chosen from a group for a special purpose.  I often have to retrieve a horse from the pasture and bring it up to the barn for one reason or another.   Sometimes it is something good, like when [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/being-chosen/feed/ 0 A Wild Ride! http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/a-wild-ride/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/a-wild-ride/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:25:37 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5039

 

Today, the day after Christmas, I am doing what I do most mornings.  I drink my coffee and look over my facebook feed.  Post after post I read of one happy Christmas celebration after another.  The occasional ’FUK U’  or ‘I survived’ shows up too in the newsfeed in stark contrast to [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/a-wild-ride/feed/ 0 Free Rein Art ‘Going with the Flow!’ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/free-rein-art-going-with-the-flow/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/free-rein-art-going-with-the-flow/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:04:54 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5033  

Today I hope is a day for art experimentation!   I have completed and met my Christmas deadlines and am sorely in need of just going with the flow with my art. I create art to sell but more importantly I create art because I feel good when I am creating!   The name [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/free-rein-art-going-with-the-flow/feed/ 0 Fighting Manure and Melancholy http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/fighting-manure-and-melancholy/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/fighting-manure-and-melancholy/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:35:43 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5024  

Most people who don’t actually clean stalls would be amazed at the sheer volume of manure a horse produces.  I know this inst’t pleasant to think about but it is a necessary evil when caring for horses.   If ignored or not dealt with it soon becomes a huge problem.

[...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/fighting-manure-and-melancholy/feed/ 0 Which Way Do We Go? http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/which-way/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/which-way/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:35:27 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5019 As a heavily righted brained person I can relate to the one sidedness brain of the horse.   I find it hard to do anything that relates to numbers/time when I am in my art mode.  Horses tend to be naturally lop sided and prefer one way of going over another and as a part of [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/which-way/feed/ 0 Getting Thru the Muck and the Mire http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/getting-thru-the-muck-and-the-mire/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/getting-thru-the-muck-and-the-mire/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:59:35 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5011  

Trail rides, as in life can throw some unexpected obstacles in your way.  My latest ride on Remmy proved to be a challenging one due to new and unforeseen obstacles not encountered before.  We had to postpone our daily ride until the weather cleared the last several days since we had poor footing and mud [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/12/getting-thru-the-muck-and-the-mire/feed/ 0 Suitable Matches http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/11/suitable-matches/ http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/11/suitable-matches/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:48:44 +0000 Sue Steiner http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/?p=5004

One of the pleasures and challenges of horseback riding is the fact that to do so you sit on a 1,000 + lb. animal that has a mind of its own.   When you think about it the fact that these animals even allow us to do so is pretty astonishing! [...]]]> http://www.suesteinerpetportraits.com/2011/11/suitable-matches/feed/ 0