Marefire artwork by Cecile Grace Charles I love horses. I love a lot of things but I love horses a bit more. Over the years I have had many moments with horses. Race horses, ponies, miniature horses, my friend owns twenty of them. There are so many different breeds. I am known in some horse circles for painting several breeds. I am very partial to Fjords, quarter horses, Frisian, are my favorites.   Marefire is about a horse I know. I get to visit he

Falls Artwork by Cecile Grace Charles I have mentioned in other stories about my artworks, that I will use someone I know whom I am inspired by for my theme. It could be the way they look; it could be the way the act, or it could be what they do in life. Sometimes I will watch a person for weeks or months until I see that particular moment where they have turned into the light, or turned away from me. I will know long before what to look for, then I captu

When you look at this piece you might say, “That is so simple, I could do that”, well, yes you could. But it would not look like this because there is more to this than meets the eye, for it is intended for the mind. The job of the artist is to understand the meaning of color, the placement of color as well as inserting any object that finishes the story.   Firstly, that is not the sun or the moon, that is the circle of life in the background. It is however, the energy of the

As an artist, in most cases, I am not a prude. Nudity doesn’t bother me in art. But it depends on the depiction. There is a difference between porn and art. This seems to be a lost art for some. Plus, we live in a world where a percentage of the people in it are offended if you censure them even one iota. It can be difficult to explain to people what the difference is. There is also those who like the shock value and want to blatantly show the nitty gritty right down to every