“Days Gone By” is an elegant black and white photograph of a lovely young Clydesdale horse in traditional harness. A selected range of quality products including prints, iPad – iPhone cases, t-shirts, mousepads, notepads and many more gift items featuring “Days Gone By” can be seen below and are now available for purchase.
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I am sure that some of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook will already know that I have recently opened a shop on Etsy for selling signed Fine Art prints of my drawings, paintings and photography. I will eventually also add some original artwork (drawings, paintings and ACEO’s) as well as some of my handcrafted sterling silver and gemstone jewellery.
My Etsy shop Art By Michelle is now all set up and I have been busy stocking with new items. Many of the 8″x10″ and 8″x12″ prints listed are in stock ready for immediate shipping, smaller sizes and different papers, canvas, and paper finishes (matt, lustre, gloss, metallic) can be custom ordered. The shipping price applies to the first print only, additional prints in the same or smaller size ship free of charge.
Prices are currently listed in $US as the Etsy market is predominantly North American, but I can change that to $AUD in the future if necessary. Listed fine art and photography prints for sale can also be ordered directly from me via email and payments can be made through Paypal or Direct Deposit/Money Order for Australian customers.
I am adding new art and photography prints for sale on a daily basis, so if there is a painting or artwork that you would particularly like that is not currently listed, please drop me an email and I will add it to the shop for you.
Softly - Fine Art Dressage photography print ©Michelle Wrighton
Sunset Silhouette | Fine Art Landscape Photography print © Michelle Wrighton
Fire and Ice - Siamese cat portrait painting Fine Art print
The Blue Between | Abstract Nature Photography © Michelle Wrighton
My Art and photography prints and gifts are available for sale in the following places;
Art By Michelle Etsy shop – signed and custom prints options for sale
Redbubble Art Shop Gift cards, matted, laminated, canvas and framed art prints for sale
Zazzle Art Shop Posters, ornaments, t-shirts, bags, posters, coffee mugs, canvas prints magnets, shoes, photo cards for sale
I can also be found on:
TWITTER – artistMichelleW
FACEBOOK – My Art Page
FACEBOOK – My Photography Page
SOUTH WEST PHOTOGRAPHY – my photography website
Thanks for sharing my art and photography with your family and friends!
Michelle
I went along to Harvey Dickson’s Rodeo down here at Boyup Brook to get some reference photos for some western and rodeo inspired paintings that I have planned. I can understand where the origins for many of the events lay – calf roping, bareback and saddle bronc…even the steer undecorating, but I really have to wonder who on earth first thought of trying to ride a full grown bull that would rather kill you? LOL, must have been a man with more bulls than brains;)
Here’s a few of my favourite shots.
Junior Steer riding © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Junior Steer riding © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Junior Breakaway Roping © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Junior Bull Riding © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Junior Bull Riding © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Junior Barrel Racing © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Bull Riding © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Thats going to hurt! © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Bareback bronc riding © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Saddle Bronc event © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Rodeo Cowboy © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Steer Wrestling © South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Harvey Dickson's Guitar Man
The full set of proofs for the rodeo are available to view and purchase online at South West Photography.
I can’t help myself, I take thousands of photographs of everything around me, both for reference material for my artwork and because my camera is just another medium to create art. I don’t always have time to go through all my photos and select my favorites to display, but the other day I realized that my photography galleries were very outdated and thought I had better add some new ones. This is just a few of the new additions, the rest rest can be seen in the Landscape and Animal& Wildlife Photography Galleries. These photos were all taken within a short distance of my home, except the Tawny Frogmouth which was found a little further south. Enjoy!
Harvest Landscape © 2010 Michelle Wrighton | South West Photography
Sunset Silhouette © 2010 Michelle Wrighton | South West Photography
Long Shadows © 2010 Michelle Wrighton | South West Photography
Dark Sky © 2010 Michelle Wrighton | South West Photography
Up Close and Personal - Tawny Frogmouth © 2010 Michelle Wrighton | South West Photography
Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing my art and photography with your family and friends!
x Michelle
Michelle Wrighton: Animal, Wildlife & Landscape Fine Art & Photography
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The 10th Light Horse Bunbury Troop also put on a riding and Tent Pegging display at the Dardanup Heavy Horse Show at Heritage Park. Although Tent Pegging originated as a Military maneuver in which cavalry soldiers would gallop through enemy camps, using their lances and swords to remove tent pegs to collapse tents and cause confusion in order to gain the upper hand in a surprise attack. Over time, tent pegging was used as a cavalry drill for weapons practice and as part of Military tournaments and competitions. The Australian State Mounted Police also used Tent Pegging for demonstrations of their riding skills, but it was not until 1964 that the first Australian civilian tent pegging team was formed. This equestrian sport was recognized Internationally in 1982, and International competitions are now conducted by the Federation Equestre International.
If you would like more information about the equestrian sport of Tent Pegging, please visit the Australian Tent Pegging Association website for more information.
LEST WE FORGET
All images from the Tent Pegging display can be viewed and purchased on the Events section of my South West Photography website.
Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing my art and photography with your family and friends!
x Michelle
Michelle Wrighton: Animal, Wildlife & Landscape Fine Art & Photography
FACEBOOK: Michelle Wrighton Artist
TWITTER: artistMichelleW
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Today was a rather auspicious day – its been a long time coming, but I am very excited to finally be setting up my studio gallery:) I had planned to just move the boxes in, but got a little carried away and started unpacking everything. I felt like a kid at Christmas unpacking all of my art supplies, books and art magazines – many of which I havn’t seen for well over 18 months! My mind is racing with all the things that I want to paint and draw, I really don’t know where to start first – oils, acrylics, colour pencils or something in graphite. I’d really like to have a go at some plein air oil paintings – all I have to do is step outside my studio for inspiration in every direction, from the beautiful landscape to the baby lambs and calves that are being born on all the farms around here – including ours, but thats a subject for another post, as I really need to catch up on posts that I meant to add last week but ran out of time to!
Following on from my last post with photos of the Clydesdales from the Dardanup Heritage Park Heavy Horse Show, I thought I would share some of the photos of the Team Australia Liberty Horse display performed by brother and sister team, Sam and Sasha Watson from Horses and Horsemen.
The performance shows the willingness, agility, intelligence and responsiveness of these magnificent animals and the incredible relationship that can be created between man and horse. The display involved a number of different and often very difficult maneuvers, with the liberty horses following instruction and direction from voice and subtle body language cues. What I found most amazing and awe inspiring was the willingness and enjoyment all the horses displayed, they were clearly enjoying the performance as much as the audience was, even the six month old weanlings were eager and willing to perform even with the noise and distraction of the large crowd and bright orange safety fences!
I was specifically taking photos for reference material for future paintings (and have already flagged a number of shots that are going to make a wonderful new series of paintings) but here are a few shots of the performance which I can *highly* recommend as a must see for anyone who loves horses!
Team Australia Liberty Horse display © 2010 South West Photography
Team Australia Liberty Horse Display © 2010 South West Photography
Team Australia Nine Horse Liberty Display © 2010 South West Photography
Team Australia Two by Two Liberty Horse Display © 2010 South West Photography
Liberty Horse Display © 2010 South West Photography
Roman Riding Liberty Horse display © 2010 South West Photography
Next post will include some photos from the tent pegging display by 10th Light Horse Bunbury Troop.
All images from the Liberty Horse display can be viewed on the Events section of my South West Photography website.
x Michelle
Michelle Wrighton: Animal, Wildlife & Landscape Fine Art & Photography
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I was lucky enough to attend the Dardanup Heritage Park Heavy Horse Show on June 6, 2010 to watch some magnificent Clydesdales in action and obtain reference material for future paintings. There was also a riding and tent pegging display by the 10th Light Horse Bunbury Troop and the most amazing liberty horse display by Sam and Sasha Watson of Horses and Horsemen – a performance that every horse owner should see to get a glimpse into the incredible communication and willing relationship that is possible between horse and man – even with foals as young as six months of age! As a horse owner, the liberty performance was both humbling and awe inspiring and something that you could never tire of watching.
I have hundreds of photos from the day that I havn’t finished sorting through so I will make a couple of blog posts to include a few from the Light Horse and Team Australia Liberty performances as well as the Clydesdales.
Clydesdale horse in harness © 2010 South West Photography
Clydesdale in Harness © 2010 South West Photography
Traditional Clydesdale and cart © 2010 South West Photography
Clydesdale team and wine cart © 2010 South West Photography
Clydesdale team and single axle cart © 2010 South West Photography
Clydesdales in harness © 2010 South West Photography
Proofs from the Clydesdale Show will be uploaded and available for competitors to purchase prints from my photography events website South West Photography next week (the 10gig limit per month wireless internet is never enough and we have been shaped back to dinosaur dialup speed until next week:(
x Michelle
Michelle Wrighton: Animal, Wildlife & Landscape Fine Art & Photography
SOUTH WEST PHOTOGRAPHY: Portrait, Event, Landscape and Fine Art Photography Prints
FACEBOOK: Michelle Wrighton Artist
TWITTER: artistMichelleW
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First of all I have to have a whinge about Telstra’s internet services for country clients. I admit our wireless connection is reasonably good, but is absolutely pointless when you can’t access the internet anyway because the 10GIG combined maximum Up/download limit per month before getting capped back to 1992 dial-up speed is absolutely, positively pathetic! C’mon Telstra its 2010! Country people are not stuck in the dark ages without computers, how about doing your country customers a favour, get with the times and give us a few of the options your city customers enjoy!
LOL ok, rant over for the moment anyway! It is a genuine complaint, probably aggravated today due to grumpiness from getting very little sleep last night due to my daughters little standarbred mare Sandy having colic. She is feeling a lot better today thank goodness. I think it was a combination of new grass after the rains and a change in feed – although she was introduced to it slowly she is a bit of a piggy and stole some of Crickets in the morning. She’s back on just hay rations for a few days and hopefully won’t have any more problems.
And as for Fostering Dogs 101…or How to fail Fostering 101 in four easy steps:
1) Vow and declare to never have any other breed than Border Collies.
2) Agree to look after my sisters one year old Koolie while she finds him a good home.
3) Before we get half way home decide we will keep him if he fits in with our four Border Collies.
Well the four Border Collies seem to be accepting him into the pack quite well, so it looks like our canine family now consists of 4 collies and a Koolie. Not quite a Border Collie, but at least he’s a sheepdog:)
The Border Collie Brigade: L to R Bolt, Zeke, Trinity and Taj at the front
Border Collie Dogs
And Flash the Koolie:
Update: Unfortunately Flash was unable to stay with us, if it was just one or two things we would have worked through them, but he was constantly urinately in the house (causing Zeke and Bolt to go backwards in their toilet training as well), he became very domineering over the young boys, Bolt in particular and was making him very nervy, he was going up/over/through fences to chase the sheep, horses and chickens (a habit he taught Bolt that we are still trying to break). Unfortunately that would have meant long term confinement on a chain for Flash which is something that I do not agree with. Luckily his breeder was able to take him back and Flash is now living on the farm where he was born.
Flash - Australian Koolie dog
Five Feral Farm dogs
Koolies (also known as Coolies/German Coolies) are an Australian developed working dog predominantly bred to work sheep and have many similarities in personality and nature to Border Collies. As they have been bred for working ability rather than for conformation show ring/beauty pageant looks, there is a range of variations in size, build and coat colour within the breed according to the terrain and type of work they were required to do.
The Mayanup Campdraft is an annual event that I was so pleased to be able to go and watch this year. Despite the dust which made shooting very difficult at times, and the odd cow that decided to try and jump the arena fencing right where I was standing, I managed to get some pretty good shots of the action. Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend.
Mayanup Campdraft ©South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Mayanup Campdraft ©South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Mayanup Campdraft ©South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Mayanup Campdraft ©South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Mayanup Campdraft ©South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Mayanup Campdraft ©South West Photography All Rights Reserved
Mayanup Campdraft ©South West Photography All Rights Reserved
All photographs from the Mayanup Campdraft can be viewed and purchased from South West Photography
SOUTH WEST PHOTOGRAPHY: Portrait, Event, Landscape and Fine Art Photography Prints
I have just changed over from using Photoshop CS4 to Lightroom 2.4 for processing my photographs – all I can say is I wish I had done this sooner! As much as I resist learning new computer programs (fuzzy mummy brain I think), Lightroom is so quick to use compared to CS4, the time out I have taken to learn how to use it is going to be a huge benefit in improving my workflow, especially for batch processing. Here is a selection of the first images that I have processed through Lightroom from my road trip down south to Boyup Brook.
The only nitpick that I have with Lightroom is the watermarking ability or lack thereof. I have purchased the mogrify preset which allows me to use my standard watermark…but it places them at the same location in every image, which can obscure important elements of the photograph. Plus I need to make additional copies of the watermark for different opacity and colours so that I can select slightly more subtle watermarks to suit individual images better…either that or just continue to use CS4 and apply the watermarks manually for each image.
Other than that one issue, I can highly recommend Lightroom to any photographer looking to speed up their workflow.
I hope you enjoy these images, some of them will be available for purchase as prints http://southwestphotography.com.au in the near future.
Cheers
Michelle
Orange Flower © 2009 South West Photography
Boyup Brook Farmland © 2009 South West Photography
Boyup Brook Farmland © 2009 South West Photography
Blackwood River, Boyup Brook © 2009 South West Photography
Blackwood River, Boyup Brook © 2009 South West Photography
Rustic Relics, Boyup Brook © 2009 South West Photography
Border Collie, Boyup Brook © 2009 South West Photography
Border Collie, Boyup Brook © 2009 South West Photography
SOUTH WEST PHOTOGRAPHY: Portrait, Event, Landscape and Fine Art Photography Prints
