Salve, I admire the art created by one of the greatest painters of all times, Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. I admire his work more than that of Rembrandt. I guess it is the matter of taste, as the saying goes de gustibus et coloribus non disputandum est.. Great drawing of a Baroque horse, saddled and bridled with a curb-bit, but curiously no stirrups nor reins. Motivated by the winter weather around us I selected some horses from his paintings, admirable portrayals of our equine…

Fragment of Portrait of count Potocki by Jacques-Louis David (1781)

The black horse 'Curioso' performing a Capriole - Johann Georg Hamilton

Looking at Jaime Corum's life, it seems no accident that the 37-year-old Louisville visual artist is becoming one of the region's emerging equine artists. But a mishap did help shape her career's trajectory.

I am going to post about a six artists whose work I admire. They are also artists that you might not be familiar with. I say that because as I have tried to find more information about them, I haven't found nearly as much as I would have liked. Some of the pieces here I