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Over 150 beautiful horses have embarked on a worldwide tour as a Tribute in Honor of the Horse for all his service, loyalty, and companionship throughout the history of man. Now on its worldwide tour throughout communities around the world, The Glory Of HorsesTM proudly announces the unveiling of the breathtaking "Majesty" project, the first, most historic work of equine art of its kind to be publicly displayed. The Internationally recognized Home Depot hosted the initial display of the Majesty project on August 22, 2008, in Texas. Scores of internationally acclaimed, award winning artists, and four very special horses - that’s correct, four real live horses - have painted 144 individual artist's panels to create the incredible, awe inspiring "Majesty" project, which stands an amazing twelve feet tall and sixteen feet wide! The "Majesty" project is the first of several equine art mural projects being created by the Glory Of HorsesTM to be a voice for horses in need of retirement opportunities and rescue assistance! If you love horses, don't miss your opportunity to see the magnificent "Majesty" project in person, the most historic work of equine art of its kind, and feast your eyes on this absolutely gorgeous Tribute honoring the Horse! The "Majesty" project and all of the Glory Of HorsesTM International Creation Team artists can be seen on the internet at www.gloryofhorses.com. Posters and prints of this incredible equine art project are available for purchase, just in time for your holiday gift giving. To learn more about this great Tribute to the Horse, the International Creation Team of artists, and upcoming appearances of the Majesty project, visit the Glory of Horses website. 

Well, after posting my finished panel, I saw a couple things that bugged me - but now it is really finished, varnished and ready to send off to Texas to join the other panels as they fit together to form the mother image. This project has not been without its ups and downs, and there is now a delay in the official unveiling, but I hope to be able to announce where the mural will make it's first official appearance soon.

Well, it's finished at last! This has been quite a challenge to keep with the original composition, yet come up with a compelling design that will fit back into the "mother image." The Glory of Horses project  has really taken off, and it is starting to really generate interest. Hopefully that interst will continue to grow and raise awareness about the fate of horses that have given their hearts to humans, only to face an uncertain future when they are no longer wanted or "useful."

I have named my piece "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" because as I looked at my original panel, the image of horses crowded into a dusty coral, awaiting their fate at auction, kept popping into my head. I've purposely kept the horses somewhat obscured, as a metaphor for how we only want to see the glamorous and heart-warming side of the horse industry, and for most of us it is too unsettling and upsetting to look at the dark side, and so we close our eyes and pretend it doesn't exist.


This is step 5 in the process, trying to adjust the values and colors so they are closer to the original panel.


In step 6, I've created a more dusty feel.


Here is the finished panel. I just need my final "okay" then I'll varnish and ship it off to join the other panels!

Things are starting to take shape with my Glory of Horses panel. Today I gave the horses more color, definition and "personality." I refined the design a bit, adding and subtracting horses as needed to help the overall flow. The hardest part is trying to deal with the hard edge where the dark and light areas meet, but I think it is starting to all come together.

I'm also enjoying talking to and meeting with other GOH artists - it feels like we are becoming a sorority of sorts (sorry guys, you are way outnumbered on this one!).

Still more refining, adding details. After looking at some other mural mosaics, I realize I may be being a bit too conservative in color, so will try to add in more color and maybe play around a little more with value. I'm tryiing to get the effect of hot, dusty sunlight on the left side of the panel, with the horses on the right in shadow, but still dusty, as it would look in a corral full of BLM mustangs during a round-up.

I've defined a little more how the horses will look in this painting, and am starting to add in color and values. I'm still a bit cautious at this stage, because it is important to keep the "edge" of the dark area, which is probably a horse's neck/mane pretty true to the original design on the panel in order for it to "read" correctly when placed in the mosaic.

Rough drawing completed - now to paint!

Here is the panel I have to work with for my part of the Glory of Horses project.  It is a 12x16 panel, and will be part of a large mural.  I am proud to be part of the Creation Team for this wonderful venture. There are roughly 170 artists from across the world involved. For more information on “Glory of Horses” visit www.gloryofhorses.com.