Linda ShantzDec 7, 20111 minDecember Studio Celebration!Original artwork is a great gift idea! Whatever you celebrate this time of year, I hope it’s happy! ~ Linda More work can be seen on my...
Linda ShantzAug 22, 20111 minDancethruthedawn: 2011 Hall of Fame InducteeDance Smartly has already been featured on this blog, and this year, daughter, Dancethruthedawn (by Mr. Prospector) joined her mother...
Linda ShantzFeb 15, 20101 minStrategizingThis is the finished version of the painting in my banner, above. The painting is a 15 x 28 oil on linen of the first time past the...
Linda ShantzFeb 15, 20101 min2008 Queen’s Plate ~ Not BourbonHere’s a smaller painting that I just completed. This is an 8 x 10 oil on Signature linen panel of the finish of the 2008 Queen’s...
Linda ShantzFeb 15, 20101 min2008 Horse of the Year, Sealy HillI apologize for the long time between posts on this blog! Seems my studio blog has been keeping me busy. This is a 16 x 20 oil on panel...
Linda ShantzDec 4, 20081 minMike Fox, RevisitedAnother one of my daily paintings for November was of Mike Fox in the post parade before his victory in the 2007 Queen’s Plate. This is...
Linda ShantzDec 4, 20081 minA Couple of Oaks WinnersI’ve been AWOL from this blog for a while. Last month I decided to challenge myself to paint a horse a day for thirty days, and I...
Linda ShantzOct 24, 20081 minCurlin ~ The Canadian-bred Connection6 x 8 oil on linen panel As the 2008 Breeders’ Cup approaches, it seems only appropriate that I bring up Curlin. Curlin is by...
Linda ShantzOct 20, 20081 minJambalaya ~ Turf SpecialistCopyright 2007 Linda Shantz Jambalaya’s story is the kind we’d all like to have – a modest $2500 yearling purchase who became one of...
Linda ShantzOct 20, 20081 minWando ~ 2003 Canadian Triple Crown WinnerI did this painting of 2003 Canadian Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year, Wando, as a donation to the 2004 Jockey’s Barbeque...
Linda ShantzSep 12, 20081 minDance Smartly – Canada’s QueenHere’s another Canadian great I’ve now portrayed twice. The same year I did the Northern Dancer painting, I donated a painting of Dance...
Linda ShantzAug 30, 20081 minThe Greatest CanadianNorthern Dancer A while back, the CBC put on a show designed to determine “The Greatest Canadian.” Someone, in my opinion, was gravely...
Linda ShantzAug 28, 20081 minYou Have to Start Somewhere…Well, I found it – a photo of my first oil painting, of my favourite racehorse, Norcliffe. I still don’t know where the original is. ...
Linda ShantzJul 10, 20082 minCelebrating Canada’s Thoroughbreds, and Helping Them Out, Too!I don’t know what it was that initiated my love for the Thoroughbred; maybe it was Walter Farley’s Black Stallion books, or Margurite...