I wanted to tell you the story of the second horse from November. When we cleaned this one up, I felt a real affinity for her, something about her arched neck was very strong and appealing. She's from the outer circle, and I always want to do an extra-fine job on those horses.
A while ago I posted a photo taken by local photographer Polly Joan, of one of the carousel horses as they looked a long time ago, before Annie painted them in the '80s. Here's another look at that image:
This is one of the same horse models, and I noticed the morning glories on the breastplate. As the rest of Stewart Park is also going through a big renovation project, with an emphasis on the park's history, this seemed like a good opportunity to play with honoring the history of the carousel as well.
So let me introduce you to Heavenly Blue.
She's not quite done yet, so I will post more photos later after that happens.
I also took this really cool photo when I started painting, showing the old paint (on the left) and the new (on the right):
-Christi
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