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Supplement 2023
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Equine Art Special Edition
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This special supplement edition of The Arabian Racehorse features two important equine art exhibitions taking place this spring - Art and Horse Racing, at racing's headquarter's in Newmarket, and 25 Years on Motcomb Street for one of London's leading sporting art galleries - The Osborne Studio Gallery.
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Newmarket racehorse trainer Ilka Gansera-Leveque will be adding a splash of colour to May’s Guineas weekend with an unusual art exhibition in her own Newmarket racing yard.
Ilka will be displaying work from 14 artists, including international names, alongside the thoroughbred racehorses in her Hamilton Road stables
The ‘Art & Horse Racing’ exhibition will be open to the public free of charge at her picturesque Saint Wendred’s yard from 10am-6pm on Sunday 7 May, 1,000
Guineas Day
It follows private viewings for racehorse owners, Vantage Point Racing Club members and invited guests following the 2023 running of the world famous 2,000 Guineas race on Saturday 6 May
Emily Johnson, artist in residence at Cheltenham racecourse, is one of the
exhibitors and can be seen painting during the exhibition – plus she is donating a sketch for visitors / social media followers to win
For Ilka, it’s a natural move. “I love art and I want to exhibit some of my favourite artists alongside the real thing, the horses we have here,” she said “This will be art that makes you feel good!
“Our artists have never exhibited together before. Staging it here in the stables will bring to life all that’s beautiful about the horses that we are lucky enough to handle on a daily basis
“There will be a range of art on display and for sale from horses to dogs, nature, seascapes and cycling.
“I would like to think that this might become a regular feature on big racing days.”
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Gotta Fly - Diana Cook
Gansera-Leveque's name maybe familiar to the Arabian racing fraternity having trained Storm Troupour to win at Royal Windsor for US based owner-breeders Kathy and Paul Smoke. The American connection continues in this exhibition with a number of US artists exhibiting in the UK for the first time through Gansera-Leveque's initiative.
Saint Wendred’s will host artists in residence from many of the UK’s most popular racecourses alongside international names, including;
French artist Benedicte Gele’s awardwinning abstract pieces have a worldwide following for expression and emotion from horses, dogs and even hens!
Emily Johnson is a fine art equestrian artist specialising in oil portraits and is resident artist at Cheltenham racecourse.
American artist Peggy Judy brings the iconic Wild West to life with her cow ponies, cowboys, cattle and wildlife.
Terry Lindsey is another artist from the States, whose Tilting at Windmills Gallery in Vermont is one of the premier fine art galleries in New England. Her own artwork showcases her eclectic interests.
Cambridge artist Clive Dawson will contribute some of his popular paintings of the city and textural palette knife work.
Mandy Dearsley, whose work is owned in America, New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and Spain, will exhibit sculptures of hares and a cockerel
Liz Armstrong, artist-in-residence at Windsor racecourse works with mixed media, her contemporary, abstract images makes her one of favourite artists of the national hunt fraternity
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Storm Troupour with Ilka Gansera Leveque, Stephane Leveque and Stephen Harrison
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A selection of pieces by Liz Armstrong
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The Lookout - Peggy Judy
Jackie Hardman was formerly Beverley racecourse artist in residence and her detailed work covers racing, dressage and show jumping, with hunting hounds and seascapes another speciality
Garth Bayley’s contemporary pieces capture a bold moment in time ranging from cycling and horse racing to nature
Diana Cook , a retired decorative painter, now devotes her times to painting narrative scenes, most often involving dogs. Her subject matter is influenced by childhood memories, a love of English interiors and years of living in the country with her beloved dogs and horses
Deborah Burt’s love of horses and dogs in particular shows greatly in the skilful bronze sculptures that she creates, however alongside her equine an canine sculptures she will also be showing a baby Afircan elephant, one of her most popular small pieces.
Rachel Constantine is a classical – realist oil painter, who is a graduate of The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Amanda Grace Markel from Montana specializes in modern equine and wildlife
art with expressive personality and pizzazz
Phyllis Floyd is a New York City based artist. She studied at Stamford University and the Sorbonne, Paris before gaining an MFA from Pratt Institute. She formed Zeuxis in 1994 – an association of still life artists Two watercolours of plants are on show Born in 1931, she continues to paint and exhibit her work regularly
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Racing Dreams - Terry Lindsay
Still Life - Rachel Constantine
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Hounds - Jackie Hardman
Tour de France - Garth Bayley
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Various works by Mandy Dearsley
Equine Nude - Benedicte Gele
Exhibition location : Saint Wendred’s, Hamilton Road, Newmarket CB8 7JQ
Public Opening: Sunday 7th May. 10am-6pm
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Aria - Amanda Markel
Art & Horse Racing
May 6th/7th 2023 Saint Wendred’s
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• Liz Armstrong
Altior (collage on board) £450
Bravemansgame (mixed media) £450
Cowboy (ink water colour) £950
Refuse to Give (charcoal on paper) £550
Shishkin (collage and water colour) £450
Sunset Racing (oil pigment on canvas) £3,500
• Garth Bayley
Angle of the North Stand (oil on canvas) £120
Looking Back (oil on specialist oil paper) £600
The Final Sprint (oil on specialist oil paper) £600
Sprint to Victory – Tour of Britain
(pen and ink on watercolour paper) £250
And They’re Off! (oil on board) £600
Bums Up (oil on canvas) £900
Rainbow Racers (oil on specialist oil paper) £500
Silver Sands (oil on specialist oil paper) £500
Tour de France – stage one (oil on canvas) £800
Barnaby in the Heather (oil on canvas) £1,500
• Debbie Burt
Elegance (bronze, wooden plinth with gilt edging)1 of 3 £4,750
Strength (Bronze on plinth) 1 of 9 £2,300
On the Scent (Bronze) 5of 25 £850
Baby Elephant Sketch (Bronze) 28 of 50 £650
• Rachel Constantine
Peony Duo (oil on panel) £850
Lavender Rose Stem (oil on panel) £450
Lavender Rose in Antique bottle £450
Sky 1 (oil on birch panel) £375
Sky 2 (oil on birch panel) £375
Sky 3 (oil on birch panel) £375
Sky 4 (oil on birch panel ) £375
*multi buy £350 two or more of Sky series
Hollyhocks (oil on prepared paper) £375
Magnolia Study (oil on panel) £400
Roses and Hydrangea Sketch (oil on linen) £400
Peonies in Victorian Jar (oil on mounted paper) £475
• Diana Cook:
Gotta Fly! (oil on canvas and board ) £3,500
The Hunt Meet (mixed media shadowbox) £850
A Well Earned Break (oil on board) £750
*stable staff discount speak to Ilka*
Shear Bonding (oil on board) £750
Rupert (oil on board) £700
Sheep of a Different Color (oil on board) £850
• Clive Dawson
Wakey Wakey! (acrylics on canvas) £125
Rise & Shine! (acrylics on canvas) £125
Town & Country Fair (acrylics on canvas) £150
The Bumps (acrylics on canvas) £150
Bridge of Sighs (acrylics on canvas) £150
Kings College (acrylics on canvas) £225
The GOAT (acrylics on canvas) £100
The Polo Match (acrylics on canvas) £125
Fuchsia (acrylics on canvas) £150
Oriental Lily (acrylics on canvas) £150
Pepper The Highland (acrylics on canvas) £150
Cambridge Quayside (acrylics on canvas) £175
• Mandy Dearsley
Hare’ing Along (bronze resin) £650
Mad March Hare (bronze resin) £650
Cook A Doodle Do (cold cast iron) £450
Leaping Hare (bronze resin) £395
Running Hare (bronze resin) £395
Black Lab (pastel) £595
Hare’ing (pastel) £475
Hare and There (watercolour) £350
Wild Hare (charcoal) £250
Catkins and Snowdrops (pastel) £295
Mr. Greenleaf’s Girls (oil on board) £295
• Phyllis Floyd
Potted Plant #25 (watercolour) £900
Hydrangea #15 (watercolour) £900
• Bénédicte Gélé
Equine Nude 140t (Acrylics, black chalk, pencils and embroidery on canvas) £630
Face to Face 55t (Acrylics, black chalk, pencil on canvas) £630
Face to Face 58t (Pastels, charcoal, acrylics, Black chalk and pencil on canvas) £2,700
Expression 24t (Acrylics, black chalk, pencils on canvas) £1,270
Face à Face 52t (Acrylics, black chalk, pencils on canvas) £1,270
Face à Face 48t (Acrylics, black chalk, on canvas) £1,630
Expression 4p (Pastels, graphite, black chalk on canvas) £420
Equine Nude 142t (Acrylics, black chalk, pencils on canvas) £420
Horse Memory 7t (Acrylics, black chalk on Canvas) £420
Look XXV (Acrylics, black chalk on canvas) £210
• Jackie Hardman
The Bay (oil on canvas) £450
His Masters Hand (oil on canvas) £450
Friends (oil on linen) £450
The Chestnut (oil on canvas) £400
The Polo Player (oil on canvas) £400
Hounds Trilogy £200 each or £500 all three
Down at the Stalls (oil on canvas) £400
Hermanus Sunrise (oil on canvas) £450
Dogs on the beach (oil on canvas) £450
Getting Ready (oil on linen) £200
Jasmine (oil on linen) £400
• Emily Johnson
Race Ready (charcoal on panel) £1,100
Best Turned Out (oil on canvas) £995
The Lead Up (oil on canvas panel) £850
Blowing (oil on canvas panel) £1,200
Down to the First (oil on canvas) £1,650
And They’re Off! (oil on canvas) £1,950
Racing Saddle Oil Sketch (oil on panel) £695
• Peggy Judy
Balance (oil on canvas) £650
Look Out (oil on canvas) £650
Happy Place (oil on canvas) £500
• Terry Lindsey
The Travers Winner (oil on linen) £1,200
Time to Rest (oil on panel) £750
Waiting (oil on panel) £650
Winner’s Circle (oil on linen) £3,500
Window Watching (oil on linen) £1,150
• Amanda Markel
Mountain Heart Mini bronze wine stopper £375
Aria (bronze limited edition run of 19) £5,900
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This Exhibition celebrates 25 years of the Osborne Studio Gallery in Motcomb St. It has been a fascinating period in our 37 year history. I won’t deny that it has been something of a rollercoaster, but the point of this show is not to emphasise the ups and downs of gallery life, but to celebrate the fabulous, fantastic and unbelievably talented artists that we have had the privilege to work with
It is easy to forget that, whilst we gallery people are often swanning around, artists work day, and in many cases night, in what can be a very solitary existence and without them, we are quite obviously nothing! I consider every one of our esteemed artists to be a friend and I hope that they feel the same. Whilst this is a
serious business, life is short; laughter and fun are therefore essential prerequisites, which I think we have had in spades!
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the remarkably impressive Gallery Managers who have been with us over the past twenty-five years I cannot believe any other Gallery Director could possibly have been as lucky as I. I hope you will all enjoy the wonderful paintings and sculptures in this celebratory exhibition that showcases, not just the area of Sporting Art in which we specialise, but also the wider field of artistic endeavour that fits perfectly to make up the jigsaw that is the Osborne Studio Gallery.
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O s b o r n e S t u d i o G a l l e r y 2 5 y e a r s o n M o t c o m b S t r e e t L o n d o n - 1 9 t h A p r i l - 1 3 t h M a y
The Maison du Roi - Freddy Paske
One of the Osborne Studio Gallery’s most successful artists, Hubert de Watrigant will take a prominent part in the 25th anniversary show. Born 1954, he lives in South West France, where he was raised in a horse racing family. His father bred and trained racehorses and he is uncle to current trainer and bloodstock agent, Damien and Nicholas de Watrigant.
Self-taught, sketching in his fathers’ stables from early childhood, he decided to follow the life of a professional artist after completing the French National Service In 1976 he held his first exhibition in Maisons-Lafitte and the following year, he entered the prestigious Les Sept Collines de Rome exhibition, winning first prize.
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Au Marche De St Louis - Hubert de Watrigant
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Using a wide range of materials including charcoal, pastels, watercolour and oils, de Watrigant works on a variety of surfaces. His draughtsmanship is outstanding, possessing a remarkable ability to capture both the atmosphere and the drama of a fleeting moment. He is considered a true descendant of Lautrec, Degas and
Delacroix.
Though his greatest passion is for the Horse, his work also includes vivid impressions of people observed on his travels in North America, Africa, Spain and Japan.
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Mr and Mrs
De Watrigant was described by the late Sir Peter O’Sullevan, former chairman of the Osborne Studio Gallery, revered Voice of Racing for the BBC, as “an artist of breath taking flair, each painting fearless, passionate and unexpected.”
Since 1976 there have been over sixty de Watrigant exhibitions, from Paris to Tokyo, Hong Kong to Madrid, and New York to Palm Beach. His most recent solo show at the Osborne was called ‘Straight From The Studio’ and was his first for four years. He has written about his ‘painter’s block’ and new creative energy after reading a new book about Claude Monet.
De Watrigant painted several portraits of his hero Monet, as well as making charcoal sketches. A romantic person, his
strong feelings inform his work and his favourite character in fiction is Cyrano de Bergerac. For many years he has designed silk scarves for Hermes, most of them on equestrian themes
In Watrigant’s own words he says, “I don’t focus on the main event and principal actions, I prefer to linger on details I am more interested in the jockey adjusting a stirrup or the lad waiting for his horse.”
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