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Constance Payne
Hounds & Horses

Studies from Life

Exhibition:
Friday, September 14, 2018-Saturday, October 13, 2018


Artist statement:

If your life is intertwined with a dog or horse your blood pressure tends to be normal. Your existence is validated. You connect with the sights, sounds and smells of a world far removed from technology and tragic world news that seems to govern our lives.

Many years ago fellow artist Colin Coots took me to Saratoga. At five am we heard the horses breathing and pounding the dirt track before they emerged through the fog. We drew them this way. No cameras, no theories, just a creature that shows one what passion looks like.

Twenty five years later I realized how lost I had become. Fear ruled my life. I took a trip out west because of a dog I needed to meet - a valiant breed depicted by the early 20th century artist Richard Fath, whose work I had discovered. My current work pays homage to the legacy which that particular dog imprinted on my heart, and the horse who whinnied every morning when I opened the barn door. This work is about the people and the animals with whom they live who fire my heart with passion and gratitude. This show is about love.


• All image dimensions are in inches, height precedes width & depth.
• All works are titled and signed by the artist.
• Framed works include conservation materials.
• Additional works by Constance Payne are available through Meibohm Fine Arts.
• Additional 19th Century prints are available through Meibohm Fine Arts.
• Artist’s Website: constancepaynestudio.com


Catalog of Exhibition:

1. A Scowling Griff
10 x 13-1/4, conté, 2018
775.00

2. Newt
10-5/8 x 13-3/4, conté, 2016
775.00

3. Emulation - Hound
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899)
16 x 12, graphite with chalk, 2017
1100.00

4. Rocky
5-3/8 x 6-5/8, graphite, 2018
475.00

5. Rosa
5 x 4, oil on canvas board
725.00 (sold)

6. Brooks Chase – Gibbs I
6 x 8, oil on board, 2018
875.00

7. Newt – Stonyridge Nova
8 x 10, oil on board, 2013
950.00

8. Marilyn & Newt
11-7/8 x 13-7/8, charcoal & conté, 2017
750.00 (sold)

9. Newt in the Studio I
10-1/4 x 13-1/4, pastel & charcoal, 2018
750.00

10. Stonyridge Nova
9-1/8 x 11-3/4, charcoal & conté, 2017
750.00

11. Newt from Life
11 x 11-1/2, pastel & charcoal, 2018
900.00 (sold)

12. Window Guard
8-5/8 x 11-5/8, charcoal, 2017
750.00

13. Bored Griffon I
10-1/2 x 16, charcoal, 2016
750.00

14. Bored Griffon II
10-1/2 x 14-1/8, charcoal, 2017
750.00 (sold)

15. Newt in the Studio II
9-3/4 x 7-5/8, graphite, 2015
550.00

16. Brooks Chase – Gibbs II
8-1/2 x 11-7/8, graphite, 2018
550.00

17. Schotzie
6 x 4, oil on board
775.00 (sold)

18. Rocky from Life
7 x 5, oil on canvas board, 2017
700.00

19. C.J.
8-1/4 x 6-3/4, graphite, 2016
550.00 (sold)

20. Gus
10-1/2 x 13-3/4, conté & graphite
750.00

21. Zoey & Gus
10-3/8 x 13-3/4, charcoal
750.00

22. Pigeon Creek Thoroughbred
10-1/2 x 13-3/4, charcoal & conté, 2015
800.00

23. Remey
10-3/4 x 14, conté, 2011
800.00

24. Mimi – Welsh Pony
10-3/8 x 13-1/2, conté, 2018
800.00

25. Icelandic Pony Study
10-1/4 x 13-1/2, charcoal, 2015
800.00 (sold)

26. Pigeon Creek – Welsh Pony I
7-1/4 x 9-3/4, conté, 2018
600.00

27. Pigeon Creek – Welsh Pony II
11-1/2 x 8-3/4, conté with chalk, 2018
650.00

28. Icelandic Pony
8 x 10, oil on canvas-lined board, 2017
900.00 (sold)

29. Cattaraugus County Fair Percherons
5 x 7-3/4, graphite, 2004
475.00 (sold)

30. Dixie – Grey Percheron
8-1/4 x 11-5/8, charcoal, 2000 & 2004
575.00 (sold)

31. Miss Dixie
16 x 10-1/2 x 16, edition of 24,
artist proof bronze sculpture, 2018
6200.00 (AP proof sold, reg. edition available)

32. Life Study- Percheron I
14-1/2 x 22, graphite on tinted
paper, 2005
900.00

33. Life Study- Percheron II
14-1/2 x 22, graphite on tinted
paper, 2005
900.00

34. Stanley
13-1/8 x 11-1/2 x 15-3/8, limited edition
bronze sculpture (4/4), 2013
4000.00

35. Gibbs
8-1/8 x 11-5/8, pastel & graphite, 2018
800.00

36. Brooks Chase – Gibbs III
8-3/4 x 11-1/2, pastel, conté &
graphite, 2018
800.00

37. Gibbs from Life
9 x 7-5/8, pastel & graphite, 2018
850.00

38. Ty Cobb, Master Hunter
11 x 15, charcoal with chalk, 2003
950.00

39. Anja – Studies from Life
13-3/4 x 18-3/4, pastel, 2002
1800.00

40. Newt in Motion
7-3/4 x 10-1/2, graphite, 2015
525.00

41. Newt - Movement Study
7-3/4 x 10-1/2, graphite, 2015 525.00


Emulations by Constance Payne
of 19th Century Artists’ works:

42. The Black Colt
 Robert Lougheed (Canadian-born
American, 1901-1982)
4-3/4 x 6-1/4, oil on masonite, 2017
500.00 (sold)

43. At Rest
Theodor Gratz (German, 1859-1947)
5 x 7, oil on canvas, 2017
500.00

44. Galloper Light
A.J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)
5 x 7, oil on masonite, 2015
550.00 (sold)

45. A Gray Horse in a Landscape
A.J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)
5-1/2 x 6-7/8, oil on masonite, 2016
600.00 (sold)

46. North Cornish Hunt
A.J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)
9-1/4 x 11-3/4, oil on canvas, 2015
850.00

47. Study of Rose for Unsaddling at Epsom
A.J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)
12 x 16, oil on canvas, 2018
1100.00

48. Crossing the Ford
A.J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)
8-1/4 x 10-7/8, oil on board, 2016
800.00 (sold)

49. Pricket
A.J. Munnings (British, 1878-1959)
8 x 10, oil on board, 2017
825.00

50. Chien
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899)
11-7/8 x 7-3/4, oil on canvas, 2015
900.00

51. A King Charles Spaniel
Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)
10-1/4 x 9-3/4, oil on canvas, 2015
900.00


Antique 19th Century English Engravings:

52. Now for Hungerford Bottom
Thomas Blinks (British, 1860-1912)
25-3/4 x 21, signed hand-colored
photogravure, Printsellers’ Association,
Arthur Tooth & Sons, 1892
1750.00

53. Shetland Ponies
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822-1899)
16-1/8 x 26-1/8, faux signature, mixed method
steel plate engraving, Fisher, Adler &
Schwartz, 1881
800.00 (sold)

54. The First Taste
S.J. Carter (English, 1835-1892)
18-1/8 x 15, hand-colored steel plate
engraving by Alfred Lucas, Printsellers’
Association, McQueen & Sons, 1886
650.00

55. Interior of a Highlander’s House
E.H. Landseer (English, 1802-1873)
9-3/4 x 11-7/8, hand-colored steel plate
engraving by W. Finden, McQueen,
The Proprietors, 1839
590.00

56. Bolton Abbey in the Olden Time
E.H. Landseer (English, 1802-1873)
14-1/8 x 18, hand-colored steel plate
engraving by George Zobel, c.1865
950.00

57. Alexander and Diogenes
E.H. Landseer (English, 1802-1873)
21-1/2 x 27-1/4, hand-colored steel plate
engraving by Thomas Landseer, 1852
1550.00


Acknowledgments:

Posted on my studio wall hangs this quote from Ned Jacob when we painted horses from life in the Saguaro Workshop, AZ in 2012.

“Art is a discipline, demanding a lifetime of serious effort to master, though few have done so. When we undertake this journey, excellence must be the ultimate goal. It is not given to us to know how good we can become at this thing or how far we must travel. What is certain, that before we may fairly call ourselves “‘artist”-which is an honor if it is to be earned, we must have opened our hearts and minds to become students. The greatest obstacle to our development are arrogance, fear and timidity…Look at great pictures for their information they hold and to teach us humility. Hold your integrity as a sacred thing…”

These words keep me authentic. Our egos tell us who we should be. Our hearts, if we let them lead us, show us who we are. No one is self- taught. No one makes a life worth living without the contribution of others. I acknowledge that my life is what it is today because of the mentors, patrons and professionals with whom I’ve crossed paths. At stables, veterinary practices and barns around the country, many people and creatures have enriched my life:

Kathy Brown, Cedarburg Veterinary Hospital (Dr. Brewer and Dr.Schumacher) Mark and Mariana Chason and Family, Doris and Missy Clark, Kendra Courson, Joe and Vivian Enders, Nikki Green, Halcyon Farm (Stiles Colwill and Jonathan Gargrolo), Fr. Julian Hills, Krystal Creek Kennel (Tracy and Al Harmeyer), Dr. Anthony Krausen, Chuck and Amy Newhall, Orchard Park Veterinary Hospital (Drs. Mary and David Brummer & Dr. Mark Hedges), Phanton English Pointers (Dan Hendrickson), Peak Performance Kennels (Tammy Adsitt), Pigeon Creek Stable (Ann Jennings), Jim and Barbara Poythress, Henery Schmidt, John Smith, Shingbee Lake Griffons (Pat and Dorothy McKinley), Greg Sjaastad and Family, Stoneyridge Wire Haired Griffons (John and Lori Posthuma), Dave and Irene Thun, Art Ward, and Sally Ziegler.

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