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Current Issue: Spring 2008
From the Editor: It's interesting to note in this issue’s Heart of the West article that sculptor George Carlson doesn’t consider himself a western artist. On his web site there are seventeen horse sculptures, but also fifteen that depict dancers. Artist Julia Lucich related she would not want to be known as just the painter of her Party Animals series. It can be misleading, even meaningless, to peg an artist to a genre, a medium or even exclusively to a certain style. We want you to consider the uniqueness of each work of art because it represents each artist’s individual encounter with his subject, even if that implies an inner transformation as much as an expression of a visual experience. Though there is a common subject, a magnificent animal – the horse – all the works are as varied as the artist themselves. Especially in representational art, there is a tendency to categorize an artist as a still life, landscape or animal painter, for example. This is useful for publishing magazines, exhibits and marketing, but not always the best way to label an entire lifetime of work from any one artist. We cannot consider Degas a horse painter, any more than as solely a painter of ballet dancers. His work was always unique, always Degas. In our 2007 cover contestants results, our judge found the artwork truly unique and worthy, not just because they depict the horse, but because they are so much more. When you view the painting by Carole Beaudry, Invasor III, the winner of our Fall 2008 cover, we hope you find it an exquisite painting of a horse, but also an exceptional picture, regardless of our earnest nomenclature. We are proud to gather together equine work and present these images to you because we feel they will inspire you and brighten your day. On artist Danielle Sadowski's web site, she states it so clearly. "Le bonheur est dans la beauté," which means – "in beauty we find happiness." Isn't that what we are all searching for?
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