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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

Celebrating Your Uniqueness Opens Doorway to Harmony

The sun is just beginning to shine through the mist as you look up from your dream. A group of three whimsical horses pause on the way to their next …

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Making Time…

For the things you love... One of the things I hear all the time (pun intended), when people look at my art is some variation on the comment …

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Venture into the Great Unknown with Brave Trust

Horses embody brave trust Related article: Brave Trust - Painting in Process A proud and fiery, mystical horse looks out over his magical realm …

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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