Young Rider |
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"Young Rider" was a commissioned portrait of the Beland family's granddaughter on their ole' pony "Oliver".
In 1997, I had started setting up my craft table at the dressage shows the farm hosted. I would often
see their granddaughter who insisted on having a pony ride whenever she was there at the farm. They would
brush up "Oliver" and bring him down to the field where she would get on for a ride. Sometimes she would get
hot and would want to get down. Yet a few minutes later she'd want "Up" again. She was 3 years old. I thought
"Oliver" was a very cute white pony, but more so very patient and careful. Especailly when she was on his back.
What a perfect perch for a young girl to have.
Sadly "Oliver" apparently was in his 30's (senior for horses) and was getting on in years and feeling it. They commisioned me to do a protrait of him so they would have something special to remember him. A number of months later, he passed away. He is surely up in Horsey Heaven. Yet each one of us has some wonderful memories of his life. |
