age 9-13
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Age 9This is the earliest jumping picture I have. I laugh when I see it because it reminds me of the many, many times I similarly avoided drawing the rider. By this point I had abandoned the harsh formulas I had previously created, having learned a lot about conformation and attention to form in the meantime. |
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Age 10A real romantic, I was enraptured by Paints this year. |
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Age 11Part of a drawing I did of me saying goodbye to my Hackney pony Crown Jewel (C.J.). This was the year my family moved to Tennessee and I had to leave him behind. My emotions were strong enough to inspire me to do a drawing like this, which was quite courageous for me at the time. I didn't draw many people or settings, and most of my horses were in more simple poses. It is in this time period that I find a lot of drawings with horses looking over stall doors, looking out from behind trees, or walking through tall grass or water because I was discouraged while trying to draw their legs. |
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Age 12Shortly after coming to Tennessee, I started taking lessons from Marion Georgiev, a wonderful mentor, who introduced me to the Arabian show world and turned me into a thinking rider. I drew this picture in a hotel room while at a show assisting Marion. |
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Age 13This cribbing horse drawing shows my enthusiasm for mechanical pencils this year. I went crazy for the precision. |
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Age 13My full body drawings were starting to come along, although I obviously still didn't like to draw hooves. I had recently been introduced to Dressage, and more and more extended trot drawings mixed with my hunters and jumpers. |
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