Barrel Racing Wood Print

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The love and trust between a young girl and her horse is legendary. One of the ways they play together is in the sport of barrel racing. ￿Let￿s Barrel Race￿ is an oil painting that demonstrates that love and trust as the young girl urges her horse towards the next barrel.
Barrel racing as a rodeo event, was originally developed around 1948 in Texas for women to show their skill, while men roped steers and rode bulls and bucking broncos. These days, women can compete in other rodeo events as well. In barrel racing in particular, boys and girls can compete at the junior levels and, although a few men compete at the higher levels, barrel racing remains an event dominated by women.
The athletic abilities of both the horse and the rider are challenged riding full out and maneuvering around three barrels in a cloverleaf pattern. The fastest race times come from a horse with speed, strength and agility, able to hug the barrels in the turn and follow the dire...

Creating portals of light, love, joy, beauty, compassion, hope and gratitude is my lifelong passion and purpose. My mother painted when i was young and encouraged drawing and painting and handcrafting in all forms and my father, the photographer, gave me my first camera at age 8. As a result, i have been a lifelong student of both mediums. Formal training of my eye and technique has been with the wonderful Pacific NW painter teachers, Stan Capon and Edi Olson. i hope you will enjoy these images as much as i enjoyed their creation.