lots going on. I'm working on three pieces. One is another cattle marker on black canvas (such as The Itch and Tails), of a horse standing in water with a magpie on it's back, the other is a gouache/scratchboard of Luna and Wenona playing in the water (similar style to Wenona Wallowing), and the third is a portrait of Beau, a gelding who belongs to wonderful Tomi who helped so much with Grandmere when she was boarded at Heart & Soul.
I've also decided to submit a body of work to the Denver County and City building curator, if I'm accepted the work will be hung for two months next summer in the downtown building across from the capital. I've also decided to sign up for booth space at the local winter festival, to sell my caps, bags, prints and cards and horseshoe vignettes. I'm going to make a lot of warm glass pieces as well, some to be mounted in horseshoes and some to be ornaments. They will have the horse and woman figure incorporated in them, of course!
And lastly, I made a spontanious decision to join a friend on a cattle drive in the high country this weekend. Her friends have a ranch in Gunnison, and they need help driving the cattle out of the mountains down to the ranch for the winter. My horses haven't been trained to work cattle, so I'll take my favorite saddle and borrow a horse. I've never done this before, should be very FUN! And I hope not too cold, but I'll pack the long johns and chaps for sure. I'm planning on taking LOTS of photos along the way, hope to paint other women and their horses at work.
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Karrie Steely, equine artist
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Artist Statement
I’m a 3rd generation Colorado native, a descendant of truck drivers & scientists. I’ve worked in many fields, from homeless shelters to entrepreneurial endeavors. But when asked what I am, I say that above all I am a mother, an artist and a horsewoman.
Being surrounded by animals and nature is essential to my work. My studio is a retrofitted RV that is parked at a farm, surrounded by my horses and farm critters. I’m passionate about the profound relationships that horses have between each other and with their women, and I express that through my art. My favorite medium is livestock marker (a large, oil-based, very permanent ‘crayon’). I love the paradox of using a tool that ranchers use for marking livestock to bring these animals to life on canvas!
I create because I feel compelled to share the beauty I perceive in the world. My art is a conduit between the realm of feeling and emotion, and the concrete corporeal world.
Being surrounded by animals and nature is essential to my work. My studio is a retrofitted RV that is parked at a farm, surrounded by my horses and farm critters. I’m passionate about the profound relationships that horses have between each other and with their women, and I express that through my art. My favorite medium is livestock marker (a large, oil-based, very permanent ‘crayon’). I love the paradox of using a tool that ranchers use for marking livestock to bring these animals to life on canvas!
I create because I feel compelled to share the beauty I perceive in the world. My art is a conduit between the realm of feeling and emotion, and the concrete corporeal world.
Biography
Karrie began her art career at a young age. She won her first blue ribbon as a six-year-old in a regional youth art competition. She attended art classes at the local university with her mother as a young girl, and was accepted into a juried show for adults at the age of fourteen. She continued to study and show art though high school. She graduated from Colorado State University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, concentrating in Graphic Design and a Spanish minor.
After taking time off to raise her two young daughters and experiment in other fields, Karrie returned to her passion. She worked as a graphic designer in various positions, and later managed a ceramic studio where she taught ceramics painting. During this time she became a professional muralist. She regularly volunteers her time and talents to organizations that benefit children, horses, and animal-assisted therapy.
Karrie is now dedicated to fine art, focusing on large pieces rendered in livestock marker, as well as scratchboard and scratchboard and gouache miniatures. She is also working in warm glass, incorporating glass with found farm objects such as horseshoes. She won first place in mixed media in the first two shows that she entered upon her return to competition this fall: the 2008 National Women and Horses Expo Art Show, and the Lafayette Arts Council 2008 Community Show.
After taking time off to raise her two young daughters and experiment in other fields, Karrie returned to her passion. She worked as a graphic designer in various positions, and later managed a ceramic studio where she taught ceramics painting. During this time she became a professional muralist. She regularly volunteers her time and talents to organizations that benefit children, horses, and animal-assisted therapy.
Karrie is now dedicated to fine art, focusing on large pieces rendered in livestock marker, as well as scratchboard and scratchboard and gouache miniatures. She is also working in warm glass, incorporating glass with found farm objects such as horseshoes. She won first place in mixed media in the first two shows that she entered upon her return to competition this fall: the 2008 National Women and Horses Expo Art Show, and the Lafayette Arts Council 2008 Community Show.
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