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Western & Equestrian Art
By Janet Tarjan Erl It might seem peculiar that being such a dedicated wildlife and nature artist that I paint horses and western subjects. Most artists stick with one genre, but not me. I find these subjects fascinating. As for horses, I think they are one of the most beautiful animals on this planet, and just because they are domesticated doesn’t deter me from painting them in landscapes that compliment their beauty. As for ranchers and cowboys, I think they are a dying breed worthy of representation, and I feel fortunate to capture some of contemporary lifestyles of these hard working people. I’ve also tried painting historic Native American culture, but I found it difficult to really get a feel for this type of art since I never had the opportunity to experience it first hand. Horses and ranchers, on the other hand, I have seen and interacted with most of my life, so I have emotions and memories of these animals and people to inspire my paintings of them. Most of my equine and contemporary ranch art was inspired by the ranchers, cowboys, and horses of Siskiyou County, California where I lived for nearly fourteen years. So, in a sense, this body of work is dedicated to them.
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Alpine Bay	Alpine Foal	Autumn Hillside	Autumn Horse	Black Mountain Beauty	Calf Rope'n
Causual Talk	Curious Horse	Drinking Puddle	Edge of Dawn	Foothill Horses	Round'n Up The Friskies
Frolic In The Meadow	Gathering	Grazing Paradise	Home Bound Horses	Honey Colored Autumn	Horse Shack
Horse Ridge	Horses, Earth & Sky	Horces in Wild Meadow	Land of Plenty	Look'n for Calves	Lush Summer Pastures
Moody Skies	Move'n Calves	Move's Cows & Calves	Mountain Horses	Networking	New Life In the Spring
Next Calf	Pa's Rope'n	Pasture by Frost	Pintos	Range Cowboy	Rope'n Time
Scouting Winter Camp	Season Colors	Shasta O Branding	Spirited Pack	Spring Splinder	Spring Foals
Streamside Stroll	Summer Range	Summer Stroll	Sweet Summer	Tracker	Trusted Friends
Wild Bunch	Early Winter Storm	Woodland Called Home	Woodland Foal	Gathering Calves	Shasta Valley Hummocks and Horses
Sorrel in Autumn Forest	Artwork Title	Artwork Title	Artwork Title	Artwork Title	Artwork Title
© 2010 Janet Tarjan Erl