#37 Marwtini

6X6 Oil on board

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This is Simone Karol's Arabian filly foal, Marwtini. Isn't she cute? I was just a teeny bit crazy with the unusual colors, keeping to a limited palette of blue and orange red. I may experiment with this when it dries and glaze it with a green tint, just to see what happens...
This week has been interesting on the farm - culminating with catching this lovely 4 1/2 foot bull snake on the back porch. The dogs had him cornered on one of the patio chairs. I relocated him to the creek, but I suspect he'll be back. Hopefully the chicken coop is still fortified well enough to keep him out. He cannot eat a chicken, but he could wreak mayhem with the eggs!
Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools.

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First Day of Kindergarten foal baby horse painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

16 X 20 Oil on Stretched Canvas

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Young horses should never be raised as an "only child". Social skills are learned through interaction with each other, and a horse that is raised without this opportunity usually ends up a spoiled brat. And just like human children, horses with the same parents can be totally different.
My wonderful old mare, Miss Jack, had three babies for me - all by the same stallion. And each one of them was totally different in color, body shape and personality. Just like my kids. Viva la difference, I love them all!
(Thanks to Janet Blackledge Williamsen for use of her terrific photo reference!)
Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

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Losing Sight - 8 x 6 Palette Knife Oil Painting of baby horseby Debbie Grayson Lincoln

8 X 6 Palette Knife Oil on Linen Panel $125

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He was grazing peacefully, sun warm on his back, grass cool and lush, life was good. SUDDENLY he realized he had lost sight of his Momma - momentary fear and panic! Bugged eyed, he searched and caught sight of her farther away than he usually ventured at this young age. But SHE had kept HIM in HER sights, and he was still safe.
I went to the local cattle sale barn yesterday and brought home a very nice, mostly black day old bull calf. It was so hot in that barn, many calves were barely able to walk. I felt lucky to find one in relatively good shape, as he was quite lively and evidently came from a dairy who had cared for him well before they brought him to the sale. He was eager to nurse Abbey when I got him home and after a little resistance, she allowed him to join her own calf at the dinner table.
There was also one tiny little Jersey heifer calf who was bouncing all over the pen she was kept in before the sale. I briefly considered bringing her home, too, but I needed to get the one I already had purchased home before the heat injured him, so I left with him as soon as the ticket was ready.
Going to the sale barn to get a baby calf is worse than visiting the dog pound. So many baby calves are considered a by-product of the dairy industry - and many never make it more than several days of life - especially this time of year. Cows in a milking herd cannot be allowed to raise a calf, so their unwanted babies are sold almost immediately upon birth to folks who make a living (or try to) bottle feeding them until they can be weaned. They are then sold to ranchers who put them on feed and/or pasture until they are large enough to be butchered.
The main problem with this scenario is that the calf buyer never really knows for sure if the calf has gotten the necessary colostrum to survive. Or even if he ever nursed at all. In defense of my dairy friends, most of them make every effort to be sure that their calves get every chance they need to do well...and many even keep them to raise themselves (a VERY labor intensive effort). At the sale barn, however, it's "buyer beware", even though I think I have a pretty good eye for finding a calf that is at least 3 days old and has been cared for well. So far, so good....
Joel 2:21
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
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How Old are YOU? foal oil painting by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

7 X 7 Oil on linen panel $125

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His legs are still so long - and to reach the ground, he must make them go in opposite directions...the little bird MUST be investigated - both just fledged and newly exploring the world.
I still find many things new and curious, and baby critters top the list. I never tire watching a newborn anything.

Miss Abbey had her calf 3 days early in the wee hours of this morning - a healthy black bull calf. The day quickly turned scorching, though, and I scrambled to get a water mister going under the barn's cover where they'll stay for the next few days. As soon as the sprayer was working, Abbey almost immediately ceased her panting and looked so relieved. I remember when we brought her home last September in 100+ degree heat, she panted so desperately, I was quite worried about her health.
After the calf nursed several times, I milked Abbey and got a gallon and a half of colostrum
to store in the freezer. Wednesday I will go to the sale barn and purchase an extra calf for her to raise - the first of 3. Last year, the extra calves ended up making enough money to pay for the initial purchase of the cow. Its a lot of work to raise calves like this, but worth the effort in my opinion. And I am looking forward to my first glass of sweet milk - my tummy will be happy again!
Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
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First Day Out

8 X 8 Oil on Canvas Panel $125

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I can only do so many landscapes and birds and other animals...then it's back to the horses. I intend to cover this one with an acrylic polymer which makes the colors POP. There is no way to show what it really looks like on the computer, but it I plan to put it in an upcoming show where it can be viewed properly. (If it doesn't sell first!)

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Genesis 1:20

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”

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Arabian Moves 3 - Kiss My A--, PETA

5 X 6 Oil on Masonite Panel $75

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OK - time to get on my soapbox.
First remember that I LOVE HORSES. And BECAUSE I love horses, I reluctantly support the the humane slaughter of horses as a necessity for their survival and well being. I know this sounds like an oxymoron, but follow me on this...
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has successfully shut down the US businesses that processed horses for overseas consumption. As a result, hundreds of thousands of horses are facing slow, painful starvation.
We are in the middle of a terrible drougth in Texas. I have friends who have owned horses all their lives who can longer afford to feed them (and in some cases cannot even FIND feed at ANY cost). Neither can they afford to "humanely" put them down and have them disposed of. It's a choice between feeding their families or feeding the horses.
I always said if I had an old, beloved horse I would do the humane thing and haul them to the "killer" myself to put them down. We no longer have that option. Fortunately I know where to place a bullet, and we have a large enough piece of land to simply leave the body for the coyotes (yes, I would LOVE to bury my horses, but do you know what a backhoe rents for?) Besides, feeding coyotes and buzzards is the natural way.
My main point is:  thanks to PETA, horses are not facing a quick death at the processor, but instead a long, drawn out, painful starvation death. My friend who has raised high dollar, spectacular horses all her life cannot give them away. Yes, she can take them to the sale barn and for $130 each they'll be loaded into cattle trucks and hauled 1200 miles into Mexico without food or water in this heat. Now THAT sounds humane...
PETA would have been serving animals better if they had concentrated on the quality of the trucking companies and the humane execution of the horses instead of eliminating the procedure all together.
I love horses - always have, but they are still animals. ALL animals deserve to be treated humanely and respectfully, both in life and death. But now, thanks to PETA, who THINK they have the welfare of horses in mind, we are going to see more and more horses first starve and then ultimately destroyed anyway.
Hey, PETA person - will YOU care for the unwanted, the wild and untameable, the permanently injured and suffering and the starving for those who no longer can?
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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Arabian Moves 2 - Magnum Psyche foal out of Khadraj mare oil painting

 6 X 8 Oil on Masonite panel $125

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Lord's Acre in Bluff Dale, Texas
Sunday October 23

I went to help my friend Tessa pour medicine down the throat of her palomino filly foal a couple days ago and toted my camera along to get pictures of her latest hot stud colt. This has got to be the  most stunning Arabian colt I have ever seen...with a blazing personality and a "presence" rarely seen in 3 1/2 month old babies. He already knows he is destined for greatness.
I know nothing about Arabian pedigrees, so I had to get Tessa to spell the names in this fellow's pedigree - and a Google search turned up plenty of images...no WONDER this boy is exceptional, and my painting no where near does him justice. I will HAVE to go back for more images...if she doesn't sell him first! He's already nearly as tall as his dam and she is weaning him this weekend. THAT's when I'll probably get some good images...
Psalm 145:3
Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.

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Bluebonnet Roller - Texas bluebonnet oil painting with a horse by Debbie Grayson Lincoln

6 X 8 Oil on board $125
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Nothing cuter than a foal rolling in the grass - unless the pasture is full of bluebonnets, too. I have used this image before but not with the flowers, which, by the way, are just beginning to show their blossoms today. It should be a spectacular display, too - we have had a well-watered winter.
Isaiah 58:11
The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

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Too Many Legs - arabian paint foal running oil painting

8 X 6 Oil on canvas panel $115
SOLD to a collector in Florida

He was a week old when my friend Marie turned him lose in the pasture for the first time, and legs went everywhere. This foal is black and white and is a real looker - Marie raises some pretty spectacular horses. I need to get back and see how he is looking now. He's one I wouldn't mind owning....
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Mark 14:54
Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

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Curiosity - oil painting of foal baby horse

8 X 6 Oil on canvas panel $115
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Foals are curious, and a small red-winged blackbird offers little threat. At this age, everything is a first time event and a bird can be investigated without Momma's help.

Today was Dandy's first time encounter with a saddle, and the experience went well. I had hung the saddle blanket and saddle on the fence at the round pen and turned her loose in it. She was wary at first, but approached it after a couple snorts. After she sniffed the blanket, I pulled it off the fence and offered to touch her with it. She spooked and I chased her around, waving the blanket. As soon as she looked in my direction, I took off the pressure, let her stop and approached her with the blanket. If she moved away, I kept her moving. On the third approach, she let me rub her with it and finally lay it on her and flip it all over her.
I did the same with the saddle - and it only took two times around the round pen before she was allowing me to flop it up on her back. At no time did I force her to accept the items - she was entirely halterless and was allowed to leave if she wanted to.
Finally I put both the blanket and the saddle on her back and reached under her belly for the cinch. I had been tightening a rope around her girth since she was a day old, so the tightened cinch was nothing new. Plus there was some fresh winter grass in the pen that she was much more interested in.
I flipped a rope at her asking her to move (see movie) and it wasn't until I got her into a slow lope that she finally got a little cinchy and offered a half-hearted buck. I knew that wouldn't be the only tantrum, so I encouraged more movement and did get a couple serious kicks - both at me and at the saddle. I suspect it was more because I wouldn't let her eat, though!
When I finally got a couple smooth lope transitions with no buck going both directions, I allowed her to rest and graze with the saddle on. After 30 minutes, I removed it - lesson over. It has been my experience that the SECOND lesson is the one to get on film - we'll see tomorrow!
And DON'T WORRY, MOM! I won't get on her for a couple more weeks - just kidding. Actually since she is still so small, I probably won't let anyone get on her before next fall - if then. But by that time, she will be ground broke. And if I can borrow a friend's kid, I may put them on her and lead her around.
Genesis 1:25
God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

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Show Me The Baby!

8 X 6 Oil on masonite $115
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Another image from my visit with Tessa's Arabians. This brood mare was quite suspicious of my camera and me standing in the middle of her pasture. She circled back and forth always keeping her body between me and the filly. This foal was quite young and not as brave as the older, colt baby in the pasture with them. I expect on my next visit that she'll be braver and momma will be less cautious.
My friend Rick has stated that he likes to see the WIP's (works in progress), so I have included it. Rick likes to use a crimson ground on his paintings, and he has convinced me to do it occasionally, and I have liked the effect. (See his paintings HERE). This warm ocher is my favorite, though.
I have 2 shows scheduled in October (one in Dallas, one in Stephenville) and I will have to start planning for them soon, if not yesterday!
Matthew 25:36
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

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Arabian Afternoon

8 X 10 Oil on canvas panel
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Arabians can be fiery steeds - this one is still young, though, and doesn't show the signs of being hot - but it's in his blood and in his heart and cannot be ignored.
Psalm 72:14
He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

Media: oil on linen board
Size: 10 in X 8 in (25.4 cm X 20.3 cm)
Price: $115 USD

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