Call For Entry - Art Show - International Andalusian & Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA)

 I recently saw a call for entry from the IALHA - you can see it here - and I decided to submit a painting.

For my model, I chose a photographic image of the PRE horse Eclipse XLII, owned by Ganadera AG/Andre Garnier, Costa Rica. I obtained permission from the photographer, Juan Sanchez, to use his photo as my reference. Juan also lives in Costa Rica.

So just what is a PRE horse, an Andalusian horse and a Lusitano? This article by eHorses Magazine explains it all.

One of the requirements for entry was to submit up to four high resolution images (500 kb or larger) of my painting. For this, I needed a professional photographer. Enter Walt “Stryke” Clayton - a photographer par excellence who lives in the Grecia area. A USA citizen, he was raised in Argentina and has done film work for National Geographic. Read his web page - it’s really interesting.

So this famous person came to our house for a photo shoot. Here he is setting up all his gear in the room where I keep my paintings and art supplies. Click to enlarge any of the photos on this page.

My photos had to include one of me with the painting, the painting itself and I decided on two closeups of my work.

Deadline is October, 31, 2020 and I got my entry in on time. The IALHA board will be choosing three entries from all the ones received, and then one final winner.