Hey, did you know I’ve accepted a position in Florida? It will be to train beautiful warmblood horses while I get schooled in the art of Dressage. Valhalla Farm has gorgeous horses and a friendly crew. I am very excited about this opportunity to learn from such talented riders! Rainy will be coming down there with me. Click here to see their site.
Anyways, my last painting hurrah while here resulted in these fun images. You can see them at Absolutely Art on Atwood Avenue …

To see more of these and some other artwork from the same time period, select the October 2008 in the archives column (right hand side of the screen -> ->  )
Or for ease in scrolling back through the archives to see older posts and artwork, visit www.saralicht111.blogspot.com

It’s finished! It really only took a few days here and there, but in between those few days were about 8 months. It could sound impressive to say: “This mural took 8 months to complete” if you’re into valuing art by how much toil you imagine went into it. This one was pure delight. I took 2 of Van Gogh’s paintings and made them into one, and in the center I planted some historic buildings of Mount Vernon. Visit Matt’s Gallery to check it out, and to find WONDERFUL solutions …

Here’s a little catch-up blogging. Remember when it was HOT outside? Dad, Holly, and I took horses to a Police Clinic and they got to play with many toys. There was a podium for the horses to stand on, a water hazard, barrels, scary suspended noodles, and much more. Rainy liked inventing new tricks, and she was rewarded with treats to encourage her creative behavior. We took the horses on a very short “trail ride” across the road to meet COWS. A very large …

To make these prints I used fabric paints and a brayer. I hand cut a potato for the pea pod print, and for the other one I used a baby cabbage from my dad’s garden. When the vegetables were ready, I inked them up and voila! Little rubber stamps dabbed with the fabric paint were used to make the letters.

Who knew that selling all your stuff could be so much fun? I met some wonderful folks and even got some inspiring tips to help me practice Accordian more frequently. The giant puppet featured in the first video has a twin, and they are both for sale or rent. Great at parties, parades, football games, or for Halloween, they stand about 4′ taller than the operator – hard to miss in a crowd.
Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in the puppets. (608)215-5200 …

This clip is from the DVD Requisite Variety made in July of 2007. This is the second painting Rainy ever made. Now she has learned to hand me the paint brush when she is through with it. I trained her to do this using a click and reward method. I will be giving a workshop on “Clicker Training, With and Without The Clicker” this month and am working on a short video about how I use the clicker method with my horses.

You can also click here …

At the McFarland Museum, Rowdy and Rainy were the hands on exhibit for the “Horse Power” theme. Rainy stood quietly for a harnessing and hitching demonstration and Rowdy let the kids pet him and braid his mane and tail.

Holly took Rowdy for a walk after helping out all day with both horses.
When it was time for Rainy to demonstrate how she paints, she was SO SLEEPY and not in the mood to make much of a painting. Meanwhile, Rowdy was leaning over the fence saying, “Let me do …