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Equine Art by Holly Vanasse

My Dappled Pony paintings and horse-themed art products are colorful, whimsical and uplifting. Join the mailing list to be the first to shop new designs and exclusive sales!


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Paintings

Each painting is many many layers of collage, paint and ink. I love to create wild backgrounds and paint horses on top of them. This creates lots of opportunities for "happy accidents" and unique color combinations.

Process

I don't know who the horse will be until I am finished. Their personality emerges as I am painting them. I love the challenge of making the background colors work with the shading and highlights of the horse.

Commissions

Photos of your horse are used to inspire a painting that captures the essence of your horse but as if they are in another world, one where colors and patterns behave differently.

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The age of the utilitarian horse is over. But the horse as an object of art, as a subject of concern, as a monument to character development is now more important than ever. That which is irreplaceable and not interchangeable deserves cherishing.

Charles De Kunffy

Recent Posts

Custom Dog Portrait – Into the Light

photo by Deb Contois This is a painting of an agility dog named Nova that I recently completed. Yes, a dog! Nova's owner reached out to me after …

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Large Horse Portrait Recently Completed

What Does a Black Horse Painted in Peacock Colors Look Like? Read on to find out... This commission really challenged me for a couple of …

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Look Inside to Find the Path that Lights Your Way

It is a warm and bright red kind of day. A magnificent horse travels through a colorful, fiery flower garden realm on his own special journey. Flame …

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Connecting with horses is letting go, yet merging, to enter the infinite and dance with the spirit of the horse, a magical moment of mutual respect, harmony, and partnership. Through this union, anything and everything is possible and we can become whatever we give ourselves the power to be.

Margrit Coates