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The Kentucky Derby has become the high watermark around the world for far more than the strongest and fastest of thoroughbred racing. The entire city of Louisville, Kentucky has taken the two most exciting minutes in equine sport and turned it into a month-long extravaganza of festivals, fun and fashion. Ever since “Bluegrass Pegasus” became the official image of the Kentucky Derby, artists ranging from Bart Forbes to Tony Bennett have put their own mark on the 133-year old Run for the Roses. Motion and Muscularity Official Derby Artist Trish Biddle Takes on the Physical Power of the Horse “Being chosen as the official artist of the Kentucky Derby has definitely taken my art to an entirely different level,” declares Trish Biddle of the honor of her art becoming the signature image of the 133rd running of the most prestigious thoroughbred race in the world. It has also taken her work in an entire- ly new direction: into the elegant motion and streamlined muscularity of the horse. Born into an outdoorsy, sporting life of hunting dogs and field trials in Minnesota, Biddle studied at the Dallas Institute of Art before launching a respectable career as an illustrator and textile designer. “I always had an interest in fashion and thought about a career as a fashion illus- trator, so textile design seemed to toggle into those interests,” Biddle explains from her home in Texas. “But then, there was always this desire to be a painter. So I started with a publisher doing landscapes, and then moved into doing figurative paintings, which seemed a natural fit.” It was Biddle’s vibrantly-hued unabashedly romantic, jazz age-style depictions of high fashion society: tango tea dances, champagne lounges, scenes from the Riviera--that caught the eye of Clare Jett, owner of JettStream Productions, Churchill Downs’ events marketing company that selects the artists for the Kentucky Derby series. “The Derby is about far more than just the horses, so they seek more than just equine artists” says Biddle. But ever since, Biddle’s eye has been cap- tured by the rich textures, graceful lines and powerful symbolism of horses and equine sport. “As an artist, I didn’t realize that until I really started studying it,” says Biddle. “The proportions of the muscles and their nostrils seemed so exaggerated, but these animals are like powerful engines, designed so per- fectly.” Biddle’s equine art touches on the charm- ing sweetness of children’s ponies to the elegant salute of a hunter/jumper rider to the homestretch charge of the Kentucky Derby dark horse, Street Sense, who came from 18th in the field to win in the home- stretch. “Street Sense’s story really spoke to me as a working mom, and as an artist at the time, I really felt like the horse in the 18th position,” says Biddle, who was introduced to Carl Nafzger, Street Sense’s trainer, as well as author of Traits of a Winner, a motivation- al book for horse trainers that has made a deep impression on Biddle. “The energy level in the Street Sense paintings is so high. He’s a dark brown horse and he’s splattered in mud as he charges into the homestretch. There’s a lot in there for me personally about perseverance through discouragement and overcoming obstacles. About pursuing your dream all the way to the finish line.” • www.derbyartgifts.com or see other works on Trish’s website: www.trishbiddle.com The Kentucky Derby in Art By SARAH COBLE Trish Biddle and thoroughbred Trainer Carl Nafzge But ever since, Biddle’s eye has been captured by the rich textures, graceful lines and powerful sym- bolism of horses and equine sport.
Transcript of The Kentucky But ever since, Biddle’s eye has Derby …paintings, which seemed a natural fit.”...
The Kentucky Derby has become thehigh watermark around the world for farmore than the strongest and fastest ofthoroughbred racing. The entire city ofLouisville, Kentucky has taken the twomost exciting minutes in equine sport andturned it into a month-long extravaganzaof festivals, fun and fashion.
Ever since “Bluegrass Pegasus” becamethe official image of the Kentucky Derby,artists ranging from Bart Forbes to TonyBennett have put their own mark on the133-year old Run for the Roses.
Motion and Muscularity Official Derby Artist Trish Biddle Takes
on the Physical Power of the Horse “Beingchosen as the official artist of theKentucky Derby has definitely taken myart to an entirely different level,” declaresTrish Biddle of the honor of her artbecoming the signature image of the133rd running of the most prestigiousthoroughbred race in the world.
It has also taken her work in an entire-ly new direction: into the elegant motionand streamlined muscularity of the horse.Born into an outdoorsy, sporting life ofhunting dogs and field trials in Minnesota,Biddle studied at the Dallas Institute of Artbefore launching a respectable career asan illustrator and textile designer. “Ialways had an interest in fashion andthought about a career as a fashion illus-trator, so textile design seemed to toggleinto those interests,” Biddle explains fromher home in Texas. “But then, there wasalways this desire to be a painter. So Istarted with a publisher doing landscapes,and then moved into doing figurativepaintings, which seemed a natural fit.”
It was Biddle’s vibrantly-huedunabashedly romantic, jazz age-styledepictions of high fashion society: tangotea dances, champagne lounges, scenesfrom the Riviera--that caught the eye ofClare Jett, owner of JettStreamProductions, Churchill Downs’ events
marketing company that selects the artistsfor the Kentucky Derby series. “The Derby isabout far more than just the horses, so theyseek more than just equine artists” saysBiddle.
But ever since, Biddle’s eye has been cap-tured by the rich textures, graceful lines andpowerful symbolism of horses and equinesport. “As an artist, I didn’t realize that untilI really started studying it,” says Biddle. “Theproportions of the muscles and their nostrilsseemed so exaggerated, but these animalsare like powerful engines, designed so per-fectly.”
Biddle’s equine art touches on the charm-ing sweetness of children’s ponies to theelegant salute of a hunter/jumper rider tothe homestretch charge of the KentuckyDerby dark horse, Street Sense, who camefrom 18th in the field to win in the home-stretch. “Street Sense’s story really spoke tome as a working mom, and as an artist at thetime, I really felt like the horse in the 18thposition,” says Biddle, who was introducedto Carl Nafzger, Street Sense’s trainer, as wellas author of Traits of a Winner, a motivation-al book for horse trainers that has made adeep impression on Biddle. “The energylevel in the Street Sense paintings is so high.He’s a dark brown horse and he’s splatteredin mud as he charges into the homestretch.There’s a lot in there for me personallyabout perseverance through discouragementand overcoming obstacles. About pursuingyour dream all the way to the finish line.” •
www.derbyartgifts.com or see other works on Trish’s website:
www.trishbiddle.com
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The KentuckyDerby in Art
By SARAH COBLE
Trish Biddle and thoroughbred Trainer Carl Nafzge
But ever since, Biddle’s eye hasbeen captured by the rich textures,graceful lines and powerful sym-
bolism of horses and equine sport.
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