https://www.barbarakiefferrowe.com/blog daily 0.75 2019-05-06 https://www.barbarakiefferrowe.com/blog/test-post-1 monthly 0.5 2019-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1557162136819-QTUXJIEBA2PKEFL8QNNY/The-Horse-Evolutionary-Tracks-Barbara-Kieffer-Rowe.jpg Studio Updates - The Horse: Evolutionary Tracks “The Horse; Evolutionary Tracks” Acrylic, horse hair, and modeling paste | 38” diameter | Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1551824215559-2GV8G4F15E17UFI3E4CO/Ramona-Barbara-Kieffer-Rowe.jpg Studio Updates - The Horse: Evolutionary Tracks - Roma Acrylic and beadwork on canvas | 29” x 24” | $5,400 The Arabian horse breed dates back 4,500 years to the Middle East. Bedouins enhanced the composition and movement of their Arabians by using saddles adorned with colorful fabric, beads, and metals. This painting depicts an Arab’s gentle head tuck and its brightly adorned gear. Saddlery colors repeat in the background with spontaneous acrylic washes and delicately hand-beaded medallions. The orchestration of the multimedia shapes and colors achieve embodiment of this royal Arabian horse. Contact for More Info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1551824212192-QRQUEYISJCMIDW9VQAGV/Lucky-Horse-Shoe-Barbara-Kieffer-Rowe.jpg Studio Updates - The Horse: Evolutionary Tracks - Lucky Horse Show Acrylic/horse hair | 5” x 7” | SOLD The textured feel and graded color of horsehair comes to call in this acrylic painting. A horse’s mane was cut, washed, combed, and inserted into plywood with predesigned drilled holes in a graded color pattern. This miniature painting was part of a display, and to wish me well in the show, I painted a lucky horseshoe using acrylics. Someone purchased the piece, and I also wish him the best of luck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1551824217655-LE51YGSSI1BF8Q4ZZUU4/The-Horse-Evolutionary-Tracks-Barbara-Kieffer-Rowe.jpg Studio Updates - The Horse: Evolutionary Tracks - The Horse—Evolutionary Tracks Acrylic, horse hair, and modeling paste | 38” Diameter | Private Collection The 50-million-year evolution of the horse transitioned from the dog-sized forest dweller Eohippus to our modern horse, Equus. The animal’s overall size increased as five padded feet merged into a single hoof. To-scale imprints set in modeling paste in this collage detail some of the ancient changes the animal underwent over time. Mesohippus (shown in fossil form in this artwork) browsed in Badlands SD about 30 million years ago. The circular boundary of tracks is host to a color graded horse-hair sway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1551824210783-K0C99QTELIDKY1EQDDOL/Khadraj%27s-Kingdom-Barbara-Kieffer-Rowe.jpg Studio Updates - The Horse: Evolutionary Tracks - Khadraj’s Kingdom Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 38” | $3,200 Khadraj is a nationally renowned Arabian stallion with a strong lineage in the equine world. His resolute pose and intent gaze, as well as a rich sunlit sky, create a striking contrast to the fluid movement of horses and trailing dust on the horizon. To create the dramatic look, a heavy base of acrylic paint was overlain with transparent colors. Contrasting values dramatically reveal the form and muscle tone of the horses and release the sense of light filtered on landscape grasses. 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Contact for More Info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1551824212947-3YTYA7ZZW2Z2ANBPGZ27/Mariska-Barbara-Kieffer-Rowe.jpg Studio Updates - The Horse: Evolutionary Tracks - Mariska Acrylic on board | 8” x 9” | $475 Mariska, a young Arabian filly, is bright and spunky and was most definitely a challenge to paint. The flaring, Medusa-like mane of hair frames bright eyes, flaring nostrils, and a dipped facial profile. Deep sorrel hair and a flaxen mane flash highlights that showcase a star. This painting attempts to capture Mariska’s spirit of freedom. I was immersed in the moment we shared —then she ran off. 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Illuminated horses quietly pose against an enameled black sky. https://www.barbarakiefferrowe.com/blog/category/Horses monthly 0.5 https://www.barbarakiefferrowe.com/event-calendar daily 0.75 2019-05-06 https://www.barbarakiefferrowe.com/event-calendar/abh-annual-exhibit monthly 0.5 2019-05-06 https://www.barbarakiefferrowe.com/artwork-gallery daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1730397493962-ETPPSR9VYV9X0OZO10NB/image-asset.jpeg Artwork Gallery - Muscovite: X-Polar Microscope Acrylic and muscovite specimen | 10” x 10” | $750 Abstract art rarely represents an accurate depiction of visual reality. Instead, it communicates compositions that balance forms, textures, colors, and lines. The abstract art shown here uses a variety of techniques to convey experimental ideas. I created these paintings using the view of a rock under an X-polar microscopic in a laboratory. Light penetrates a thin section of a rock placed under the microscope and allows geologists to identify minerals, characterize the rock type, and interpret the rock’s history within the geological environment. As I gazed through the microscope, an array of vibrant colored minerals emerged. It is an outstanding exemplification of “abstract” with wild, vibrant colors and multitudes of shapes for each mineral. It does not get better than that! Contact for More Info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1730397007970-OLHWA7C6LK9QXZO20SSO/image-asset.jpeg Artwork Gallery - Ammonites in Blond Transparency Acrylic on Canvas | 33” x 41” | $1950 Colorful ammonites whirl and spin in a balanced composition. Eye catching rectangles emerge from a flaxen background. These geometric shapes serve as design hosts to imagine and radiant ammonites. Ammonites had a coiled “external shell” like the modern nautilus. The 360-degree whorl rotation aided in protection, flotation, and jet propulsion. As an artist, I portray ammonites on canvas by reawakening the animal with detailed strokes, iridescent shine, and diverse colors. Ammonites' intricate spirals and vibrant colors tell a story of deep geological history intertwined with cultural legends and artistic inspiration. Ammonites were named after the Greek god Ammon because their shells resemble his ram's horns. Scientists value ammonites because they were common during their time, easy to identify, and make excellent fossil guides for stratigraphy. Art and science meet once more! Contact for More Info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1551824215559-2GV8G4F15E17UFI3E4CO/Ramona-Barbara-Kieffer-Rowe.jpg Artwork Gallery - Roma Acrylic and beadwork on canvas | 29” x 24” | $5,400 The Arabian horse breed dates back 4,500 years to the Middle East. Bedouins enhanced the composition and movement of their Arabians by using saddles adorned with colorful fabric, beads, and metals. This painting depicts an Arab’s gentle head tuck and its brightly adorned gear. Saddlery colors repeat in the background with spontaneous acrylic washes and delicately hand-beaded medallions. The orchestration of the multimedia shapes and colors achieve embodiment of this royal Arabian horse. Contact for More Info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c619b0c8dfc8cb27b6eae73/1730394718446-B5016E76VZ5GLVZNREVP/image-asset.jpeg Artwork Gallery - Sculpturer: Erosion deposition Acrylic on board | 23” x 29” | $2475 | SOLD During the golden hour, fading light slides the Badlands of western South Dakota into night. The plays of dark and light dance on landforms during sun-and-moon transitions. This ruggedly sculptured land responds to fluvial erosion that creates, destroys, and recasts by transporting deposits of sediments. 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