All Work No Glory
22" X 48" Original Oil Painting
The Barrel racer. A talent, art, exercise, and tremendous hard work.
In my OWN opinion, barrel racers should get more appreciation
for the great performance that they do. Barrel racers, perform
under a large amount of stress. Screaming hundreds of pounds of
hoof pounding horses around barrels in dust filled arenas.
The only recognition received is from a few clowns, cowpokes ,
the hot dog vendor and the horse they love with great passion.
I myself dont attend to many rodeos because I have a soft heart
for how animals are treated, and there are some events that
I dont care for. But I think it would be wonderful if someday,
these hard working cowgirls, and cowboys get a little more
respect than what they do in the world of sports.
In this painting I tried very hard to get the details of how
well the animal and its rider perform as a team.
Team work is major, for a good score as any other sport.
The rider must first watch below the knees. If you know
a barrel racer, I'm sure they can show you some good
scars below the knees. From start to finish the racer and the
horse work hoof in hand as a team, both know what they
must do and the love to not let each other down is the
strength of how animal and man can work and love together.
I worked hard to get the stressing details in her eyes as she
is cautious to watch her timing with the horse and her
knee caps. This painting has a lot of detail and I've
made the sky very active to fold in with the horse
and rider to give an even flow of the painting.
