I have a lab named Sirius as a pet. I am going to law school. I want to be an agricultural lawyer. I train horses as well. I take photos of horses and the surrounding scenery. I own a camera. I have a horse on loan for two weeks. My horse is called Bob.
I love horses. I own a german shepherd named Barnaby. I do not like scorpions. I work for the US postal service. My favorite color is grey. I like to paint in my spare time. I paint weekly as requested by clients. I haven't ridden a horse in the last few months.
Do you have any other painting work lined up at the moment? Yes. Someone commissioned me to paint a seascape. I can't wait to get started! That's fantastic.  Is this for a private client or for a public space like a mural? It is at a school. I can't wait to inspire them. Do you display any of your photographs anywhere? Sometimes I post them online.  And sometimes I'll frame photos I really like, or photos of horses I really like.  But mostly I just take them for myself.  When I'm finished training a horse for someone I'll sometimes give them a framed photo of their horse if I have a good photograph of it. That must be a great gift for them! I think they would really enjoy it. You should consider selling some. It can be a great way to earn extra money. I never thought of that, but that's not a bad idea.  When you get commissioned to do a painting, how have your clients usually found you?  Word of mouth? At this point people will share my info with others. When you are starting you can tell people about it. You can leave flyers at ranches or wherever. Make an ad online. That's a good idea.  I'll have to try to do that.  Every dollar can help since school is expensive.  Is your seascape going to be oils or water colors?  And how large a painting is it going to be? I like oils. I like the texture that you can get with that. This one is very large. But I have done things of all sizes. What size are your photos? I like to get them as big as I can while still keeping the clarity, of course.  My camera is pretty good so I can take print pretty large photos and still keep them quite sharp. A photograph can really be a work of art. Do you manipulate them after or what you take is the final product? I am always changing my paintings around.