#working horse

[whywishesarehorses]

I am so, so proud of how this piece turned out. A tribute to the ranch life as lived in eastern Oregon today.

13"x9x, pyrography on basswood. Hardware installed for hanging; copper wire

For sale at $125, plus shipping

[hippography]

Fish delivery, Bo-Kaap, c. 1969 

Source: Etienne du Plessis.

[horsesarecreatures]

“Another image of this powerful highland pony during a day’s work - look at how muscly he is. See my video posted earlier today to see them in action! I accompanied these working Highland ponies & their handlers to document them collecting red deer stags from the hill. This is a very traditional job, and it was very interesting to see the pony not only in its natural surroundings, but also doing a job it was bred for. The UK has no natural predators for Red deer, and as a result the deer numbers need to be managed to prevent overgrazing (and ecological damage) across the Scottish Highlands. One of the traditional roles the Highland pony developed was to carry deer back off the hill - even today, the terrain is so steep and uneven that machinery cannot always be used. Their job is to go out onto the hill where they are loaded up with the carcass, and they then bring it home for processing (where the venison goes into the food chain). These ponies can access places where modern ATVs cannot, and they still have a valuable role across Scotland carrying these deer. The ponies have to be highly trained to do this work, and the highland pony is perfect for the role - it is valued for its strength and courage, which allows them to physically do this very demanding job. Some stags can weigh over 20 stone and the pony has to keep its balance as it picks its way across the hill - when you seem them moving, you soon see that it is not like carrying a rider. It was quite something to witness, and very interesting to see first hand” - ruthonthehoof.

[horses-in-art-history]

Theodor Philipsen, Evening Landscape, 1912, Statens Museum for Kunst, open.smk.dk, public domain.

(Picture source for Evening Landscape)

[thegoodlittlechickens]

Offered Mozart some jelly beans and he just knocked them out of my hand so he could rest his lips on my palm and have a nap

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Watch "horse-drawn railway, Bojanice brickworks, Poland" on YouTube

[thewondermentofillustration]

Harold Harvey - The Close of a Summer’s Day, 1909, oil on canvas Harold C. Harvey (1874 - 1941) was a Cornish impressionist painter. He painted in oils and watercolours. Harvey was born in Penzance, Cornwall, the son of a bank manager. Harvey studied painting at the Penzance Art School under the Irish born painter, Norman Garstin. He then attending the Academie Julian in Paris between 1894 and 1896. He began his career exploring social realism and impressionism by painting local fishing and agricultural scenes. Harvey married Gertrude Bodinnar in 1911 in Newlyn. The couple had met when Gertrude posed for Harvey. She also became a painter, and was particularly interested in fabrics. Over the years, Harvey expanded his repertoire to include a wide range of subjects such as still lives, interiors, portraits, landscapes, religious themes, and the industrial landscape of Cornwall.