Winter storm..argghh!

well I guess we didn't get away form it.. I was really hoping this would be a nice warm mild winter.. well nope.. no such luck.. been stuck here since monday? I think.. losing track of days now.. lol I am getting some work done though so thats good.. the dogs are going stir crazy though... I take them out but its cold so they want to come back in in about 5 minuets... so they bark a lot.. and scotch on the door so they can run to the gate to look and run back.. drives me nuts.. salt time I said..NO! your not going out to look.. enough! it happens when Im just starting to do something I can't be interested at.. like painting a tiny horse... or just mixed up some epoxy and am starting to apply it. .. sometimes dogs are almost as bad as kids.. see i said Almost there.. lol yea ok kids are worse.. so it is very beautiful.... so here are a bunch of pics of the farm... the the and the dogs.. who when in the house turn not dog rolls.. or dog burritos in front of the fire...lol I will have some new art to post soon... rain is on its way... never thought Id be happy to see rain! yeah!

New Medallion Maestro and more Romeos!

Maestro! A new 6x4.5 medallion

Romeo still available!

showing the size of romeo next to maestro

I have a new large medallion named Maestro and I made a 2nd mold for romeo.. he sold so well the 1st mold played out so in case any one who didn't see him yet still might want one, I made a 2nd mold.. I know not everyone checks on the blog every week or is on facebook or blab.. and thats the only places so far I posted him..in fact he pretty much sold out that mold just from blab.. anyways info on Maestro.. he is large! 6x4.5 so he has lots of room for cool markings and stuff.. he would be great for trying out new colors on before they go on a whole resin..

His price for this week only.....( until monday) is $45.00 plus $3.00 shipping for any US. or Canada orders.. ( total of $48.00) other non US will be charged shipping depending on where you are.. just email me for info on that.. after monday he will be $55.00 Including shipping though.. I recently bought boxes just to ship the medallions in so no more box hunting for the little guys... and these should hold up to 2 maybe 3 a box... and as before any orders for 3 or more get a $5.00 discount off the 3. order 6 get 10.00 off. on romeo he is 35.00 plus 3.00 shipping and he can ship with Maestro if you want.. I will be shipping one day a week so get your orders in early.. to order send me an email to: Becky@solticestudio.com I take paypal and credit cards thru pp and postal money orders ( only postal! if you send a ck or mo from anywhere else I'll have to send it back) email me if you have any questions..

Cute little dancing mouse soon available.

Also coming soon .. my new dancing mouse... I actually sculpted him many years ago out f sculpey and anted him with glass paints, and have been wanting to cast him for ages, so I finally made his mold last week and I have a casting in hand.... but each one will have a customized tail.. they will each be in a different position..( his tail is thin and didn't cast all the way so I'll just redo each one different!) I plan to post any I paint in my etsy store.. along with unpainted mice and blank horse medallions ..I have a few here cast up and all ready to go.....just need to get the mouse done then I'll post the link when I get the store up hopefully by next week.. I need to get the mouse done first.. shouldn't be to long though he is easy to paint..

have a happy thanksgiving! Hope you all stay safe and have a wonderful holiday!

Romeo Almost sold out

Here art thou Romeo!

Romeo $30.00 presale

Romeo my new medallion of a norriker Stallion is almost sold out..( and wow that was fast! and I thank all of you who ordered one!) I only have a few left in the edition of 30.. although I will still take names in case I am able to get more than the 30 from the mold.

I also took a few more quick photos ( above.. and even one in black and white for fun) .. it helps me to see things Im may not notice on an original. So here he is.. this time the whole piece.

I am thinking now I will not be doing a background because he is pretty big and that would mean more resin which means I'd have to raise his price and I really don't want to do that so.. this is about how he will look.. I still have to do some smoothing and tiny details on his nose and work on his neck more.... the neck area is just roughed in really.. so that will be a little bit more refined.. but Im thinking if I feel ok he may be done by tomorrow... ( Im not feeling too great..I seemed to have picked up a head cold or something.. just feeling bla and tired ) when he is done and ready for his mold I'll post his final pics.. and pics of his first casting...

I also have other Medallions available and on sale right now like my Peace medallion below and others which would make wonderful Christmas gifts or ornaments...

Oh and anyone ordering more than 3 of anything.. mix and match even... gets a discount..of $5.00 off the total price...

Peace $23.00

church cat $23.00

Andalusian $20.00

I may also still have a few others available..... if you go to my website and look at the medallions folder in my gallery you can see more of my medallions.. not all are available like Antico and Antica or some of the older ones may be.. just ask and I'll let you know if I still have any available.. and all will be on sale until the end of the holidays...

Besides Medallions I also have other resins available!

Ginger $50.00

Above is my sm pony mare ginger here all ready to go. She was cast by mountain view.. on sale for $50.00 each!

Also don't forget my new traditional scale resin Storm Chaser ( look back a few posts and see his photos there...) is now casting and sold thru Resin by Randy.. but I do have a few copies right here.. and can give someone a deal one one I have in hand right now...so no waiting........ just email me for the price..

New Website,email and Medallion!!

Romeo oh romeo....

I finally have a new website done by Sherry Carr of Seunta web design who did a beautiful job on it.. and I am still looking for any photos of my work that any of you may have to add to the gallery..so if you have one of my pieces and you don't see it in the gallery please email me with nay photos and any info like who painted it and I'll put it in the gallery.

There is also a name change for the website and my email too. so make sure you change it in your address books! ( right now all emails are being forward to me but after the end of the month that won't happen) I have also changed my domaine to Solticestudio instead of solticeart... so my new email is becky@solticestudio.com and the new website is http://www.solticestudio.com

Also.. I have a new medallion in the works ( sneak peak photo at top of the page of the unfinished piece) .. and its already half sold out..

Introducing Romeo! he is a large medallion.. larger than a traditional size head... and he is of a norikker stallions so he could be painted any color even appy! Im almost done with him and then I'll make mold and he will be cast in a professional high quality artist resin... His price isn't set in stone yet.. but Im guessing he will run around $45.00 plus shipping ( about $3.00) its going to depend on if I make a background on him.. that hasn't been decided yet.. I'll mess around with designs first and see how it will look.. the good news is.. if you order now you can get him for less money... Im not taking any money down, but you will be put on a list and I will let you know when its time to cast yours.. then you can paypal me the money and he would go out in the mail the next day..... 15 are already pre sold and I can usually get about 30 or so from a mold.. ( Im reserving 5 for myself) so only about 10 are left...and he is one mold only.. so if you want one for the lower pre sale price, email me at the above email and let me know if you want one.. ( if you have been put on the list from blab you don't need to email me..I already have down) Im guessing it will be around 2 weeks before I will get to casting the last 15...

But for pre orders Im offering him for $35.00 plus shipping..( total of $38.00) I do take money orders but I have to have it in hand and cash it before I ship and I only take postal money orders.. so if you want to pay that way..email me.. and don't forget to change my email in your address books and bookmark my new website!

Time flys

Kiss my nose!

PAF remake Painted by Sommer Prosser

and at the Germany show winning big!

Half Arabian PAF remake at Germany show! (Breyerfest? NAN equivalent?)

1st place in Customs and 3rd in Championship Customs!

Ok my email is down again.. Im getting really tired of this.. it seems to happen at least every few weeks now all summer.. I can't get to it because the server is busy...or some other excuse... they seem to be having problems lately with the servers or the software not sure which but I think its time for them to upgrade.. they have got to get this fixed or I will have to move to someone more stable.. so if you are waiting for an email this morning it will be late.. hopefully I will be able to get to it soon...

I have been so busy with everything I havent had time or really too much to really post about.. I have been working on some remakes for Sommer Prosser so people can see more of my work.. she will be and has been showing them.. and they have done really well at shows too! I will get some better photos from her of them and post them here.. in the mean time I had done a remake on a paf a while back and sommer painted it for my client, Katja C.in Switzerland, She was kind enough to let sommer show it at a local show and it got NAN qualified then she did show it at NAN.. I forget how it did but I just got a email Katja and he did very very well at their version of nan or breyerfest.. not really sure which it is but I know its a very large show and she goes to it every year.. anyways.. the foal got 1st in foal customs and 3rd in the championship class! not bad for a little arab foal remake and he was up against some really really nice pieces done by some big name artists!... she also told me a few people were actually badgering her to buy him! thats really quite a complement to me.. he isn't that drastic a remake..I redid his face and improved on his anatomy to make him for foal like, and redid the mane and tail and added in lots of tiny details as I always do anyways... but I left the splayed legs.. Id love to do another one and fix the legs thats the plan anyways...knowing Sommer she will grab him up though... if not he will be a sales piece..... anyways Im just really happy she is so darn happy with him! its why I do this.. well that and I just love to sculpt but having really really hay customers makes it so rewarding to me... and I hope to them too!

I have more remakes in progress and I will post photos of them here when they are done.. then.. yep...I will be getting Whistlejacket finished.. yep finally! he is sitting here waiting for me to work on his poor legs... he is in resin but the waste casting which needs fixed in spots...also Resins By Randy has cast Storm Chaser and Im waiting for my artist copies.. I guess they are having problems fitting his feet into the base ( after casting the resin may shift and warp a tiny bit enough so they just don't quite fit how they should in the slots ) so I hope they figure that out. maybe just go with the wire in the foot to make it easier so they don't have to mess with each casting.. Im still waiting to see if anyone who bought one at Breyerfest has painted their copy yet..I'd love to see him painted up... he just doesn't seem to photograph well naked.. As for other new works I do have some stuff in progress just haven't had time to get much done between family things going on me being really busy trying to get theses remakes done in time for Breyerwest... after that there are a ton of things I need to get done around here! my little studio is getting a bit unruly and really needs to be better better organized... I just haven't had the time or energy to do it.. so when its not quite so hot and humid and I have a bit of time.. I will get that done.. then I can start in on new pieces! I want to also get some things done and in my etsy store this fall.. I have some ATCs I have done I plan on posting for sale..I just need to order the sleeves to send them in... so I'm still here just been busy is all.. and really haven't had much to share..

oh and Katja if you want to let me know the name of the show in the comments section I can change it to the correct name here..

Church cat now casting and available for orders

OK! I have some resins of Church Cat here all ready to go. and here are a few photos of him next to a Peace medallion for size comparison which is still available along with ginger the mini pony mare (about 3 1/2 inches tall).. I have resins in hand of them all and ready to ship.

Ginger is on sale $50.00 + $5.50 shipping! cast by Mountain View Studios so the casting are very nice..

Peace is $34.00 +$ 3.50 shipping ( padded envelope priority mail is more) and cast here but the castings are very clean with no prepping required.

Church Cat is $45.00 + 3.50 shipping( priority mail is more)

discounts are given for both medallions. If you order 3 or more you can save $5.00 on peace and 10.00 off on 3 Church cats or more. They make great gifts and both look wonderful framed in a shadow box frame.

CHURCH CAT- a new medallion

This is my latest Bas Relief Medallion " Church Cat" is 4 x 5 inches ( not including the paws sticking out...) Church Cat is sitting in the window and you can see one of the churches stained glass windows behind him. ( Photos are of the sculpture in sculpey clay before it was baked)

Church Cat will be cast in high quality artist resin in a edition of 100 with 15 being retained by myself for gifts or to paint and sell.. To order Church Cat just email me at Becky@solticeart.com and I'll put you on the list. He will sell for $45.00 US plus $5.00 shipping priority mail or 3.50 1st class shipped in a padded envelope or envelope with and wrapped in bubble wrap... For International shipping email me with your country so I can get you a shipping price.

Church Cat is a low to medium Bas Relief.. his paws and window frame are the only arts that really stick out. He would look great painted and put in a shadow box frame.

I will be putting painted pieces in my Etsy store for sale and may even have a few done by other artists to sell there too so if your looking for a painted piece just ck in here I'll post here when I have them for sale in the store.

I am also working on some remakes and I'll post the pics here.. they are all commissioned pieces so they wont be for sale. I do have other things I have been working on in the pipeline and I'll post as soon and I have anything new to report.

Oh and Storm Chaser is at the casters so when he is ready I will post and hopefully have a few pictures of him cast in resin.

Finally a new sculpt! Storm Chaser

Id like to introduce finally....my latest piece which took well over a year of fighting with him to get him done..

His name is Storm Chaser and he is a large traditional sized warmblood Gelding.

His introductory price is $165.00 for the first 20 castings and he will be $185.00 after that.. he should be ready to ship in 4 weeks! Im not sure on the run.. one mold Id think unless he sells really really well...

Resins by Randy will be casting and selling him or you can contact me if you like.

I will have 5 artist copies and I may sell a few unpainted or customized like with a braided mane to make him into a grand pre Dressage horse or something.... well see...

I just cant wait to see one painted up now.. I was beginning to think he would never be finished as he fought me like no other sculpture has... lol but I won!

Now that he is done and all but one commission is done.. ( a Sara MB stormwatch Im painting for a very patient client) I can now get to work on new pieces.. I have some remake collaborations that will be in the works with Sommer Prosser that will be in the sow ring soon I hope.. and hopefully a few will be for sale ..that is if I can pry any of them from her hands.. lol

I also will get back to work on my whistlejacket sculpt.. yeah I know some of you think I would never get him done I bet! but he is sitting here ready to be worked on again! so he will be done I hope by the end of summer. anyways.. here is Storm Chaser!

Foal mold is played out....

Yes.. no more foaly boys... as I was casting my last pony foal order and a

big hunk of rubber came off on the last casting between his back legs

so it looks like thats it for baby boy...

I'll start to work on a new foal for the pony edition soon though..

as for this boy.. its possible I may have one left after all my current orders are shipped.. Im not sure yet but If I do I'll post here if one is available.

Ginger pony mare resin official release and flooding

This is Ginger my new sm pony mare resin. She is 3 inches tall to her ear tips.

She is available now and I have 6 copies right her in the studio that can be shipped out

right away. Ginger is cast by Mountain View Studio is artist quality resin and she is solid cast.

Ginger is $64.00 and includes shipping to the US. for international orders please email me for shipping quotes.

Im selling her on a first come first served basis. Ginger is limited to a one mold run of aprox 40 castings.

I may keep a few for myself to paint as sales pieces and I have one here now Im gong to start soon....

after my primering area is dried out..( see story on that below)

I accept paypal in all forms but please email me first to make sure I have some on hand or need to order more.. 'If I need ot order more it takes about a week or so for me to get them then I ship them out form here.

to order Ginger email me at: becky@solticeart.com I also have more foals.. I need ot cast them but can do that in a few days so If you want to also have a foal to go with ginger he is 35.00 and shipping is included if he is order with ginger.

To see his photos look in one of my past blog posts.. he is pictured with Ginger and Gypsy ( who ids sold out)

I have more photos of a few medallions I wanted to share but I'll post them tomorrow..

since I forgot to take a picture of one of them. so look out for that post.

One done by Tom Bainbridge and one a surprise!

Below is my appy mare lucy who is just tired of all this rain!

I took this photo of her last night right before feeding time

and thought it turned out really neat with all the blurry parts around her..

FLOODING

OK on to the flooding... I usually get up around 9 and have a cup of coffee

eat then out to walk to dogs in the back field with Penny and her 2 poodle puppies

around 9:30 to 10:00 .....well its had been raining all night pretty hard non-stop and was still raining a bit so the dogs didnt really want to go out yet..

then around 10:30 or abouts Penny comes to my back door.

She asks me what I think.. umm about what the flooding?

as the round pen was flooded as were the fields in places...

she says no.. the barn havent you been out your door today?

Above is what it looked like when I walked out my back door and looked

around the corner.. oh oh... not good....

the round pen and pasture...

the sheds were dry because they were on higher ground.

So ..after Penny tells me to look in the barn I go thru my house to my front door

( which opens onto the barn Isle-way)

and opened it and look out to this...

This is form the other end.. not so dark but as you can see theres about 3 to 6 inches of water here.. depending on how low the floor was.. the stalls were deep.

I keep bags of peanuts and some of my larger shipping boxes

in the stall across from my door

( which is down almost to the end of the barn here right where that last light is..

its sticks out some into the isle... thank god its above the flooding!

the water in the stall was .. well over my boot tops! yea... I walked in there to pick up my garbage cans which had fallen over and it went right over my boot tops..

dam.. wet feet!

I picked up the bags of peanuts which were dry inside the bags.. but lost all my boxes..

also in the first 2 stalls were lots of hay bales.. we keep some down to feed and throw it fomr the loft every day to two.. so rick got up all the bales that weren't on the floor but those he had to feed right away.. were still feeding them.. it takes 72 hours before they will mold so its safe for now..

above is where alot of the water came from.. the photo should be clickable..

see that white house and red barns.. thats the pig rescue.. yea... a pig rescue.. its

on ground higher than us.. and they have a pond at the lowest part in their pasture...most of the water goes into and along the fence line where years ago a trench was dug and pipes were put in some areas and some went to the ditch dug along the fence line.....so the water would go to the pond and when that was full it would then flow down a small trench and then down to the creek in a gully below us..

well they don't keep the trench clear and it backed up in the pond and went over into our pasture and right into the barn.. even though we have french drains on both sides.. it was too much water.. between all the rain and then the pond overflowing..

well.. this is what happened.. later that day rick went out there and dug some and got it to flow back into the gully..

Penny at the gate. the round pen is one big puddle!

heres where all teh water came into the barn.. you can see the rocks fomr the french drain next to the barn...

This is after I swept and raked out the muck from the barn later that afternoon

Below is around that afternoon.. all the water had drained by then after rick got the water flowing back into the ditch and not into our pasture ...

Today Rick went and got a big heater to dry out the barn.. then we moved stuff out and swept everything up so we can dry it out with this super heater.. wash rack is already dry.. that heater really works well! it was already starting to smell really musty..

the weatherman on tv now say its going to get cold and freezing by tomorrow night ..

so Im hoping alot of the water soaks in by then in the pastures.. we don't really need a bunch of ice skating horses ...lol its been raining most of today but no flooding since rick fixed that ditch... thank god... but.. until its all cleaned up I cant spray any primer or dull coat ..so no pasteling or priming for a day or two.. my table is full of stuff fomr the barn thats usually down lower.. and thats where i spray so I don't breath it or kill off my dogs from paint fumes in here...

I also want to say.. were really lucky this is all get got.. some people lost their houses.. the flooding here is pretty bad... not in our little town so much.. it does flood.. but some places near by that are next to the rivers ( and we have alot of rivers here) that usually flood are getting it bad... Im glad we live on high ground.. yea.. we living on a kind of hill side above the town.. lol but we still had some flooding!