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Hard Stop I

Hard Stop at Super Stakes 6x8 watercolor $40 plus $5 S&H
based on photographs taken during Super Super Stakes.

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The Treatment

The Treatment 6x8 watercolor in 8x10 blue mat Gifted Based on photograph taken of vet treating foal in stall.

Sketchbook: Coffee Shop Sketching

This one is in a larger sketchbook. I drew this drinking Starbucks coffee in the Atrium Cafe while waiting for my DMA C3 Class.

Sketchbook: Coffee Shop Sketching

Here is another but it was done at the laundramat.

Sketchbook: Coffee Shop Sketching

This is one of a series of small sketchbook cutting horse drawings done while drinking my Friday evening Iced Coffee at Starbucks. It is from photos taken during one of the Ft Worth NCHA events.

Starbucks Pastel Drawing: Caught on a stop

Caught in a Stop
This Nupastel drawing was done on black paper at Starbucks on an outdoor table while I was having my Friday evening iced coffee. I drew it as if I had caught the action as the photographer had taken a photo at that instant with a strobe.

More Cutting Horse Action Photos

Cutting Horse Drawings

This is a series of Cutting Horse action drawings. All but the first were done from a top view perspective from photos similar to the one represented in the first drawing. The first drawing was done from memory. All were based on images taken during the 2006 Summer Cutting Spectacular in Will Rogers Coliseum.

Super Stakes Cutting Horse Sale

This past Friday and Saturday I photographed the Western Bloodstock Super Stakes Sale
in Fort Worth. Links to the images may be found on my America's Cutter Blog.


Fancy Sugar Badger

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.

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.

Futurity Horse Sales Photos are now Posted

Kit Dual sells in Preferred Breeders Sale.


Did you have a horse in the NCHA/Western Bloodstock Futurity Sales? I have now posted all of the selling lots on my website and they are available for purchase as prints and/or ad images at
www.americascutter.com.



Peptos Stylish Sue sells in the Seasoned Cutting Horse Sale.


Cats Hitman sold in the 2YO by Select Sire Sale.

Blossom at Liberty

Blossom is the only weanling from the 2008 Breeding year. She has been a bit skittish and difficult to catch, but is now learning how to hold still while I lock the lead rope onto her halter. I have been taking her out to the arena or outdoor roundpen to run around. Today when I took her out to the arena I decided it would be neat to take some photos of her running from one end of the arena to the other. When It was time to move her out of the arena I was able to walk up to her, visit a few minutes, and then clip on the lead rope.
Blossom is by Doc O Lena Twist out of Colena Colena.

Sketchbook: Fantastic Cat

While I was doing my laundry tonight I sat down and sketched this image of Fantastic Cat in the Texas Cutting Futurity from an 8x10 print I had. Hopefully I can find more time in the future to do more cutting horse drawings.

Texas Cutting Futurity - All Done

Curly Tully shows Stylish Curly for Katherine Turner
Steve Oehlhof shows Peppy Plays for Cash for Center Ranch

The Texas Cutting Futurity is now over and all of the images are posted at
AmericasCutter.com. A new part of the show this year were NCHA Classes on Thursday - Saturday evening. I posted quite a few exciting shots in the Open, Non-Pro, and 3000NH classes, including some horses not shown in the limited age events.

Texas Cutting Futurity - Fantastic Cat

This was one of my favorite images for Friday. Clay Johnson is riding Jim and Gay Karhan's Fantastic Cat in the evening NCHA $10,000 Novice Horse class. This image show a tremendous power in movement as the stallion moves over to catch up with a cow just out of the field of our view.

Texas Cutting Futurity: Open Futurity Champion

Friday, Oct 31, was the last day of the open portion of the Texas Cutting Futurity with the Open Futurity Finals.
The champion was Play Red Lil Sangria, ridden by J.B. McLamb to a score of 220.5.
Play Red Sangria is owned by John and Ann Huddle of Mt Vernon, Ohio.

Texas Cutting Futurity - Open Classic and Derby

Casey Dailey won the Texas Cutting Futurity Open Classic riding Scootin Boon with a score of 221. He also returned in the NCHA Open Class the same evening to win again, this time with a score of 151 (2 Judges). Scootin Boon is owned by S&S Farms.

Matt Budge was both the Champion and Reserve in the Open Derby. He won the Derby on Chulas Merada owend by Jackpot Ranch with a score of 224 and the reserve on Stylish Lizzy owned by Paul and Jackie Fehrenbach, with a score of 219. The photo on the right is of Matt riding Chulas Merada in the 2nd Go.

Texas Cutting Futurity: Stopping the Cow

Today at the Texas Cutting Futurity the final go's of the Open Classic and Derby Classes were held. I took photos of this go from the same point of view as I do the sales, from the side. The photo on the left is of Red Like That with
Rodie Whitman riding, preventing a cow from returning to the herd.
The photo on the right shows Casey Green and Here to Reymember also blocking a cow from the herd.

Summer Cutting Spectacular Sale

The last week has been hectic as I worked to complete a large print order, photographed 2 Days of the Summer Cutting Spectacular Sale for Western Bloodstock, and then processed the images and prepared the presentation book and image DVD for the Sale. On Wednesday I shipped out both projects and now have a little time to post on this blog once again. The image above is of the Summer Sale Topper, Shortys Starlight being auctioned along with her foal by embryo transfer to the recipient mare behind her. She sold as a package for $130,000. Details of this sale may be found in this press release: Upturn for NCHA Summer Spectacular Sales in a downturned economy

Summer Cutting Spectacular - Non-Pro Go 2

Today I headed to Ft Worth to Prepare for the Western Bloodstock Sales starting Friday Morning. After getting my strobes set up I went over to the Non-Pro Go 2 of the Summer Spectacular Derby.
I found the cowboy in the top image when I had just come into the coliseum. I took a number of side images at the floor level first. I particularly like when the horse has a good power position with front legs bent and nose level with the cow.
The cows are all against the gate waiting for the cutter to enter and push them out and pick out the best one. One of my favorite locations to shoot in Will Rogers Coliseum is high above the floor behind the working area.
I like to capture the image as the horse is staring down the cow and the horses back legs are buried in the dirt and mane is flying.