Susan Austin Paintings
A Journey in Fine Art
(Horses)




The Watering Hole SOLD Oil 12×9

In 1917 John Holzwarth and his wife Sophia established a homestead along the Colorado River north of Grand Lake. They developed a ranch, raising both hay and horses. The Watering Hole depicts that space in time.



A whistle brings them to the fence.
It's shrill and filled with confidence.
They prick their ears and sniff the air.
Who is that walking, coming near?

Someone who will touch your nose,
And rub your forehead, talk in prose,
Then paint your portrait as you stand,
With strokes made fine by brush in hand.
Fenced In SOLD Oil 18×24



Sagebrush Country SOLD Oil 22×32

They may be cow ponies or players in the rodeo game, pleasure horses or bearers of pack and pannier. No matter their specific roles, they are as much a part of this land as the silvery sage that blankets the earth.




Winds whisper ghostlike messages resounding the cries of Indians, the hoofbeats of spirit ponies, the whistles of cowboys, and the whinnies of quarter horses. The echos of the past sweep into the present as horses cross the river at Sundance Ridge.

Crossing At Sundance Ridge SOLD Oil 20×24

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