May 8th, 2010
I’m sure that artists reading this will understand, LOL and non-artists will just think I am weird, but sometimes a painting takes on a life of its own with such determination that it almost seems paint itself – almost as if the subject has such strength of personality and character that its spirit insists on being immortalised in art.
Friesian Spirit is one of those paintings.

Friesian Spirit - Equine portrait painting by Michelle Wrighton
I havn’t decided at this time if ‘Friesian Spirit’ will be made available in my RedBubble and Zazzle art print and gift shops, as I am leaning towards offering this one as Limited Edition prints only. If you would like to be notified when ‘Friesian Spirit’ is available for purchase, simply subscribe to the rss feed for this blog, or join the new page I have created at Facebook for my artwork – Michelle Wrighton Artist
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Tags: equine artist, expressive realism, Friesian, horse art, horse painting, horse portrait artist, limited edition prints
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May 5th, 2010
Just a quick update post this time, no art to share at the moment, sorry!
Regular visitors to my blog may have noticed the change in the Facebook buttons on the right hand side of the page. I have decided to separate my art (drawings, paintings) from my existing South West Photography page. The new Facebook page is Michelle Wrighton Artist. I’m not 100% sure how I will utilise the Facebook page as opposed to this blog which I will obviously keep updating, but the ease of sharing photos within Facebook makes me think that running a few competitions for pet portrait paintings might be easy and fun to do, so if you are on Facebook, please add my new art page Michelle Wrighton Artist to your favourite pages and you will hear from me soon about the first competition!
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Tags: art, artist on facebook, equestrian, equine, horse, painting, social networking
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April 29th, 2010
Western cowboy style Impressionist digital oil painting created from my original photograph.

"Stars and Stripes" original painting by Michelle Wrighton
Greeting cards, laminated, matted, canvas and framed prints of “Stars and Stripes” can be purchased from my Redbubble shop: 
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Tags: buy horse art, cowboy, cowboy painting, horse, horse artist, western art, western art print
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April 25th, 2010
Impressionist style original western cowboy art painting.

These Boots were made for Workin' - Cowboy Art
Greeting cards, laminated, matted, canvas and framed prints of “Skipping Stones” can be purchased from my Redbubble shop: 
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Tags: cowboy, equine painting, horse art, horse art prints, western art, western artist
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April 16th, 2010

Tommy - Standardbred Horse Painting
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Tags: animal artist, buy art, equestrian art, equine, equine art, equine artist, horse, horse art print, horse art prints, horse lover gifts, horse painting, horse portrait, Standardbred, standardbred painting
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September 13th, 2009
There is nothing quite like the power and majesty of a Thoroughbred Race Horse, and this digital painting is the first in a series of Racing Paintings that I have planned (for both Standardbreds and Thoroughbred race horses). Thanks to photographer Cathy Sheeter for the wonderful reference photo.

Ready to Run Race Horse painitng by Michelle Wrighton

100% crop of Ready to Run detail
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Tags: art prints, equestrian art, equine artist, horse lover gifts, horse racing, racing art, sport of kings, Standardbred, Thoroughbred
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September 13th, 2009
Digital painting of a Quarterhorse after working cows.

Cutting Cows Quarterhorse painting ©2009 Michelle Wrighton

100% crop to show detail of Quarterhorse painting
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September 12th, 2009
Digital Painting of an Eventer.

Eventer - Horse sport painting
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Tags: art prints, bay horse, commission, custom horse paintings, digital painting, equestrian, Eventing, pet portrait artist
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September 12th, 2009

Show Horse Pet Portrait Painting by Michelle Wrighton
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Tags: commission, digital art, equestrian artist, equine artist, horse painting
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September 3rd, 2009
(Imported from Michelle Wrighton.com August 2007)
This is another quick experiment on drafting film, in this one I have pushed the drafting film to the limit to see how much pigment it will hold and I have also experimented with a more painterly approach and burnished the whole lot thoroughly! Its not quite the result I was aiming for (it needs more layers but there is no more tooth left in the film), but at least my eight year old horse mad daughter loves it:) I did enjoy doing this one and the journey is sometimes more important than the destination, so it was worth it.

Cheers
Michelle
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Tags: colour pencil, drafting film, equestrian art, horse, horse lover gifts, pet portrait artist
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