I'm calling this the Fairy Princess pony, a straightforward and unabashedly feminine tribute to pink and lavender and tiaras and sparkly things. And of course she's a sweet palomino, since all the cool fairy princesses ride palominos. I have four nieces, and they all went through a phase when everything in their chiffon-and-satin wardrobe was in this color range, they absolutely lived for sequins and sparkles, and their career goal was to be either a princess or a fairy... but preferably both. The two young girls in my life have both started to reject the idea of pink, but truly love sparkles and still adamantly claim they have seen fairies in the woods behind our house. This horse is dedicated to the tiny girls who are princesses of their worlds, and can still pull off wearing a tutu and wings to the grocery store.
I had the pleasure of painting this horse in the window at Handwork, our local artisan cooperative right in the center of Ithaca, for the first two weeks in October. This was a great spot on Martin Luther King Jr St. (State St.), with wonderful light and many kind and interested passersby. Many thanks for Handwork for hosting us for this project!
-Christi
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