I actually did this pastel painting a few years ago. It has been in several shows, but I have never been happy about the one horse in the middle. When my son was little we took him to Green Meadows petting farm in Waterford, Wisconsin. Off to the side was this area for the horses. I snapped a picture and later began making this pastel. Despite the fact that I felt it was drawn well, that one horse never looked quite right. So it sat for a long time in the studio. A week ago I picked up a book I have on the art of James Reynolds. Going through I was looking for his handling of a horse in as similar a pose to mine. I foung several and chose one that I thought looked very close. Erasing some of the drawing of the legs so I could lay down new color, I changed the color a bit and redrew the legs in a better position. Never mind the original picture. I think it looks much better, added a few other things in the background and horses and foreground and it's done. Some paintings take quite a while to finish.
