Portrait of a horse lover 💕
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Acrylic gouache and coloured pencils, a bit of Caran d’Ache neocolour II as well, just because I never know when a sketch is officially done 😉
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Maybe i need your help — is it done?
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Thanks for much for any comments, and — of course — for being here!
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Have a nice day ☀️💓🌦️🌈✨
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#horse #horsepainting #horsepassion #acrylicgouache #mixedmedia ...

Ímir vom Kronshof, my lovely Icelandic horse and friend for years.
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He got injured, had surgery in March 2025, and the prognosis for him to ever been ridden again was unknown. My heart was broken, but I remained hopeful.
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I did everything. Massage, fascia rolling, exercises from the ground, walking him (many, many days of walking!!), ice packs, ice vibes, vitamins, supplements, injections, regular checkups at the clinic, different vets. Ultrasounds. MRT. Walking on the treadmill. Walking in circles.
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This is an incomplete list, and it doesn’t include all the sleepless nights of worrying and praying, hoping and being hopeful. I can’t tell you how much I love this horse. He really is my soulmate, and not being able to ride him doesn’t change a thing.
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Finally, a few weeks ago, after 18 months, I had another checkup, and together we decided that it’s safe to at least give it a try. I would start riding him, first only in walk, only on a straight line, only on even, hard ground.
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6 weeks later I’m cautiously happy to say that the leg looks still good. We started a bit of trot, 2x 100m on a straight line. We’re flying!! It feels so good. Even though I got to say, I’m not able to relax fully — a slight tilt to the left, to the right, a slightly irregular footstep …. Is he lame again?
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If you’re still reading this, you’re probably thinking, why is she telling us all this? The answer is, I really don’t know. All I do know is that this is what this picture is about. And maybe it is why the legs of the horse are somehow too fragile, and why she is half on and half off the horse, carefully feeling its front and back at the same time. And probably that’s why he is half walking and half standing, and the colours …. The colours are so much Ímir 🐴❤️
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This is how my paintings all have a long story behind them. This one is done in my Din A3 sketchbook with acrylic gouache and a bit of coloured pencil on top.
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I’d love to hear what you thing of this. Thank you so much for being here 🩷🩷🩷
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#gouache #horsepainting #gouachpainting #sketchbookart #horseart ...

Boats in the harbour of Ålbæk 🇩🇰
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This one, “Oke”, was decorated with all these cute, red flags a few days ago! I snapped a picture, and today I sketched him at home in my studio.
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These are two preliminary sketches which I might use for a painting! Which one do you like more, the first one (slide 1/2) or the second one (slide 3/4)?
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#oke #aalbæk #boats #sketchingboats #sketchbookpages ...