The Coot Hill Family Historical Preservation Society offices house several paintings by Buffalo artist and favorite relation Edward Stroinski. We have featured one from our North Gallery and a second from our Administrative Office early in this blog. The Militello horse that made a photographic apearance last post has inspired the Curatress to show off this example of Stroinski equine portraiture.
Ringo was my Quarter Horse gelding, a gift from Mom and Dad. He was Palomino-and-white, with white mane and tail, and he was mellow. Physical exertion did not interest him overmuch; speed he did not wish to attain, but he was biddable enough to wander the countryside with me for hours. At all seasons we would take off and disappear for a while, exploring. What a friend.
I remember Uncle Eddie at a family gathering one time, walking up to Ringo's fencerail and snapping some pictures. Later he asked my Dad to rustle up some weathered barn boards so he could fashion the frame. Then they gave me the portrait, just like that. Whose idea was it? Uncle Eddie's? Or Mom and Dad's?
Look how tall Dad's pine trees had grown, from 1957 to 1967.
Look how tall Dad's pine trees had grown, from 1957 to 1967.
See the shading on the ventral aspect of Ringo's neck, and the shadow of his head and halter on the fencerail. I stared at these things often instead of studying.
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