Thursday Night Live at the DMA

As I prepared to head to the Dallas Museum of Art, I saw this Thunderhead and ran back for my camera. This image was specially processed to enhance the contrast of the clouds to sky.




I looked up from my Table in the Atrium Cafe and saw this image of guard on the steps to the 4th floor galleries.


Jazz in the Atrium Cafe. Two brass instruments played at once?

Doc O Lena Twist Filly in Training

This past Wednesday while I was working at the ranch, I photographed Jenny Jess riding Unquestionable Twist. Evidently this filly is a joy to ride. She had started him this past week and was riding bareback after 20 minutes. Jenny is great at starting horses, and was an Extreme Makeover Champion last year.. She is also does horse message therapy. For more info about Jenny visit her website at www.procareequine.com.

Unquestionable Twist is a 3yo filly by Doc O Lena Twist out of Ms Freckles Gold.

DIY at DMA: Rock Music 2

This past Thursday I attended a new program at in the Dallas Museum of Art Center for Creative Connections entitled DIY@DMA (Do it Yourself at DMA). In this Third Thursday class, much like the Sketching, We are led by a professional artist. At each class we create some work of art inspired by a current exhibit. This month we were inspired by the Private Universes Exhibit and came back to the studio and created Cigar Box Collages. The idea was to start but not necessarily finish. I created a painting in a box which I later discarded by painting the inside. Today after reading a section in an art book about Cornell and his shadow box asemblages I created my own which I have entitled Rock Music 2. This is not a permanent box, and I may once again paint the inside of the box and create another assemblage.

Vizsla Dogs: An Ink, Watercolor, and Gouache Sketch

Although the paper was not so good for watermedia, I wanted to finish out this ink contour drawing I did a few weeks ago with watercolor and gouache.

Foal Fun: Dog Spy

Who is that spying on us weanlings?

Foal Fun: A Little Horseplay

About 7:30 or so as sun gets low on the horizon, the foals finish their naps and come out to play.

A Little Horse Boxing as one of the dams supervises.

Foal Fun: No Cattle to Cut but there is always the dogs.

Colt locks onto dog.

Dog breaks to the right.

Equine Art: Drawing

This is a pencil drawing on Bristol Smooth Paper from a photograph I took of Third Cutting being shown in the 2008 Futurity Finals by Boyd Rice.

Western Bloodstock Sales Photography

Summer Spectacular Sale 2009

This past weekend I photographed the Western Bloodstock Summer Spectacular Preview Exhibition and Auction. Here are some of the highlights:

Seasoned Cutting Horse

Stylish Pepper Cat

3-Year-Old

Stylish House Cat

2-Year-Old

Kinda Hot In Here

Yearling

Boonsmals Remedy

Broodmare

Confetti Cat

See more images in my Western Bloodstock Sale Web page Galleries.

Equine Art: Drawing

This is drawing of Ascher Cat from the 2008 NCHA Futurity from a Photograph I took during the finals. The media is brown and black watercolor pencil on smooth bristol paper.

Pasture Visit: Most Recent Foals

This past Wednesday evening I went to the pasture with thought to gathering more drawing reference photos. The light was not was I was hoping for with clouds obscuring the setting sun. I settled on these two most recent foals. The foal to the left is a Dun Colt which was born in late June. The Buckskin filly below came in late May. I picked this unusual angle to photograph his filly so that she would be so that there would be nothing but sky behind her.

Sketching inthe Galleries at the Nasher: Volution

This week our DMA Sketching in the Galleries class went across the street to the Nasher Sculpture Center. Although we did several sketches, this green watercolor pencil on black paper was my favorite. The subject was a 1964 Painted Fiberglas Sculpture by Isaac Whitkin.

Sketchbook: Metallic Cat

This drawing was done from a photograph taken of Metallic Cat keeping up with a cow as it ran across the working area during the 2008 Futurity Finals. I drew this with a black watercolor pencil on Bristol Smooth paper.

Dallas Arts District Museum Block Party

Friday night I went to the Late Nights Art District Block Party where the Dallas Museum of Art, The Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Crow Collection of Asian Art were all open late. I first visited the American Galleries where I had seen the evening before a great shadow play on the walls with the George Washington Sculpture.
I then went to the Nasher Sculpture Center where I found another great shadow display with David Smiths' "The Forest" on the travertine walls.
I then photographed these two views of the Jonathan Borofsky Sculpture "Walking to the Sky."

One of my favorites at the Nasher is this Giant Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra. When the museum is not crowded you can walk inside between these two curved slabs of steel. I found this narrow frame of a skyscraper as I looked up.



After Dark there was European Music (Tre Versi) which you might hear in the Sidewalk Cafes of Paris.

Sketching in the Galleries: Remington and Russell at the Amon Carter Museum

Today I went to Ft Worth to first watch my niece ride in the Youth Cutting, and second to work on some horse drawing studies from Remington and Russell Paintings at the Amon Carter Museum. The top drawing was my first and I failed to note which painting it was from. I chose it because it is very similar to views I encounter when I photograph Cutting horses from the side.

This sketch is from one of the Amon Carter favorites by Frederick Remington entitled "His First Lesson."

The following sketches are done in pairs to get all of the action. Both are by Charles M Russell.

This sketch is from "Loops and Swift Horses are Surer than Lead." Click on the image to see a larger view of this pair of drawings.

This pair of drawings are from "Wild Horse Hunters." I chose this image because of the complicated postion of these horses. It seems to me that these complicated images are more easily drawn than the simple side views. Click on this image to see a larger view.

Equine Art: Watercolor and Guoache

Today I was experimenting with some pastel and watercolor for this image of Fantastic Cat. I have not yet finished the pastel, but went on to complete this watercolor sketch of the same image.

New Dun Colt and two Inquisitive Vizslas

On Sunday, July 5, I brought my camera so that I could get a photo of the last and most recent foal born at the ranch. I had brought them into the roundpen to get them out of the hot sun.

While I was in the roundpen the two Vizsla dogs were not to happy that I had excluded them from the fun and were doing everything they could to get in. You will find a short photographic story in this Gallery.

Have a Great 4th of July

Segway Uncle Sam

Cutting Horse Drawing

This is a study drawing I was doing this late afternoon using graphite, carbon and white pencil on brown paper. I have converted to B&W in this image.

Texas Sunset with Contrails

X marks the spot

Industry

It is amazing what you see when you focus closely.

My Top Googled Vizsla Puppy

According to my search statistics this is one of my most viewed images via Google Image Search. If you are looking for images like this please send an email to jima@jarnoldphoto.com and I can arrange licensing according to your needs. I have other Vizsla images which can be see in this Gallery which may also be ordered.

Mid June Weekend at the Ranch

Cooksie takes on a pose suitable for a John Singer Sargeant Oil Portrait.
















Popcorn walks the stock rails to keep out of the reach of the dogs.


The Twist Foal Teddy approaches as I take photos. Nothing will draw a foals attention better than a camera.











When I turn my back to photograph another foal, Teddy takes my hat and swings it around.

NCHA Day Cutting

I was experimenting with an image this weekend for a possible drawing or pastel. In order to match the size of the paper I created an 12x18 image. The cow was added from another image and background softened. The rider is Callie Oatman on Kudos Debutante.

NCHA Day 2009

This past Saturday I photographed the Area 24 Cutting in Athens, Texas. You can see the images I took in this Gallery If you were at this show and would like to order a photo please enter through the Americascutter.com NCHA Day page.

Sketching in the Galleries - Turkish Horse II

This week I sketched the Turkish Horse bronze again, this time from a lower back view. The media is carbon and white pencil on brown card stock.