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Horses I have loved and painted!
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items I love horses, have been riding since I was 12 years old! Trail riding is my favorite, but we also have Percheron Draft Horses, so I have done lots with them, too!
Rinda, the gray Percheron mare, had this lovely colt we named Eli one spring. He was a stunning colt, grew up to be in a 6-horse hitch in Ohio. I have a photo of him on his first day out with Mom, so I did a painting on Masa paper, using the “crackle...
New Foal out to Pasture with Mom by Conni Schaftenaar
Alex the Clydesdale belongs to a friend, and I painted him in watercolor for her, using several reference photos to get his beautiful markings!
Alex the Clydesdale watercolor by Conni Schaftenaar
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Ace, the Percheron Gelding, done in a loose watercolor style for the friends who own him.
Ace the Percheron by Conni Schaftenaar
Max the Percheron Gelding, done in a loose watercolor style for his owners.
Max the Percheron by Conni Schaftenaar
Ace and Max, Percheron Geldings done in colored pencil for their owners.
Ace and Max the Percheron Boys 2 by Conni Schaftenaar
Carter and Alex, Clydesdale Geldings in watercolor, done for their owner.
Pasture Butties, Two Clydesdale Colts in Winter Sunlight by Conni Schaftenaar
An AI-generated image I experimented with.
Black Stallion Reflecting Light by Conni Schaftenaar
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Zach, a Percheron born on our farm, sold to friends, met a 3-year-old little girl and they loved each other!
New Friends Zach meets his match by Conni Schaftenaar
Zach was a Percheron colt bred by us on our farm. Connor was a Clyde colt owned by friends, who purchased Zach from us. This image captured Zach and Connor meeting for the first time - very exciting!
Zach meets Connor draft horse colts meeting by Conni Schaftenaar
Jock, our Percheron Stallion, under a black walnut tree next to his paddock. I played with this photo in Photoshop to get this effect.
Percheron Stallion Under Walnut Tree by Conni Schaftenaar
Percheron colt Gabe in snow coming in to the barn. Other horses in a pasture behind him.
Percheron Horse Colt in Snow by Conni Schaftenaar
A loose watercolor painting of Ace the Percheron, done for the friends who owned him.
Ace the Percheron by Conni Schaftenaar
Zach, formerly our colt, meeting another new herd mate, Dixie - she's the boss mare and is NOT very welcoming! She knows this youngster needs to be put in his proper place in the new herd.
New Horse in the Herd by Conni Schaftenaar