Friend Or Foe

New Artwork!! Friend or Foe.

Horses can play or they can fight. When choosing which horses can pasture together, one has to be very careful.... more

by Patricia Keller

Original - Sold

Price

$40

Dimensions

8.000 x 8.000 x 0.125 inches

Title

Friend Or Foe

Artist

Patricia Keller

Medium

Photograph - Digital Painting/photographs

Description

New Artwork!! "Friend or Foe".

Horses can play or they can fight. When choosing which horses can pasture together, one has to be very careful. They are capable of killing each other if they are incompatible.

In this artwork, "Friend or Foe", the stallions are all playing with each other. In the forefront, on the left, is Gaucho and on the right, is Regalo. They are Paso Fino stallions and since they became pasture mates, have been horsing around.

When Gaucho was ready to leave his dam, his mother, La Favorita, we introduced him to his cousin, Regalo. Over many weeks, Gaucho would visit Regalo in pasture . At first, both stallions had halters on and we kept them on lead ropes. Then when things looked orderly between them, and we saw no signs of hostility, we let Gaucho go and kept just the older stallion, Regalo on a lead. Eventually, we let them both go. With each day, we would bring Gaucho over to visit Regalo. This way, Gaucho got comfortable being away from his dam, and his dam got accustomed to having Gaucho away. After weeks of extending their time together, we made it permanent. All went well. The stallions became good friends and Favorita was glad to move on with her life, and moved to a new pasture, too. She went back to the mares she had been residing with before Gaucho was born.

From the beginning, Gaucho and Regalo loved horsing around in a friendly way.

In the front Gaucho and Regalo are five and six years old and in the back are Gaucho and Regalo from the earliest days of their becoming pasture mates.

Very often, stallions cannot pasture with other horses. Sometimes, it will work for awhile and then, their play becomes too serious and they need there own space. It is nice when horses can have company in pasture but if that cannot be, they still feel as if there is company when they can see and work with other horses.

Horses are very complex and sensitive creatures.

I feel as if I am learning the nature of the horse having them in my life. I try very hard to understand their needs and enjoy as they develop and their basic personalities show through. What suits one horse, may not suit the next.

I live on The Paso Fino Horse Farm in Prattsville, NY.
My husband and I love spending time with the horses whether we are training them, riding them or just hanging out with them.
You can visit us on the web at-
https://www.facebook.com/PasoFinoHorseFarm
http://pasofinohorsefarm.weebly.com/

A big thank you to a buyer from St. Regis Falls, NY who just purchased a Designer Face Mask with this artwork on it.

I just sold a 16.00" x 16.00" print of "Friend Or Foe" to a buyer from Saint Regis Falls, NY. Thank you so much to David Marrus who was the purchaser and let me know that!!!! He made my winter a lot brighter. God bless!!

Thank you to a buyer in Columbia, MO for purchasing a 14" X14" pillow of this artwork, "Friend Or Foe". I so appreciate it.

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February 1st, 2015