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Michelle Grant is an award winning artist who focuses on Equestrian and Farm Animal works. Her pencil works are hyper photo-realistic. Read on for more info and art samples.

Beverly Zimmer is a sculptor who produces fantastically realistic horse sculptures. Her life size and larger than life size horse statues are the most impressive. They capture to power, presence and beauty of equines. Beverly rides and competes in dressage with her mare Eurythmic.

I just learned, courtesy of Facebook, that Early Times is running an art contest for their 2011 commemorative Kentucky Derby Mint Julep Bottle. The deadline for the contest is June 30th and the grand prize is $5,000 plus a trip to the Kentucky Derby. I have every intention of entering, just wish I had known about it earlier so I could have more time to work on it.

The pet photography by Jeff Ross is some of the most creative and whimsical pet portraits I have ever seen. He poses Chinese Shar peis in a dermatologist's office, a group of Chihuahuas playing macarenas, and costumed pups trick or treating. Read on for a sampling of some of the most original pet photography I guarantee you have ever seen. Just imagine what he could do if a horse owner hired him!

These sculptures are made entirely of driftwood. The movement and body shapes the artist, Heather Jansch, creates using found wood is very impressive. The sculpted horse's hooves are made from copper or lead.

I am not a good photographer. I have the eye, but not the necessary skills to operate a manual camera or the patience to set up a shot. Metering mystifies me, and I'm probably the only Fine Arts major to actually earn a failing grade in a Photography class, but not for lack of trying. That being said, I appreciate the skill a good photographer has and the work that goes into capturing a great photo. Yann's photos are amazing, bizarre and more than worth looking at. Read on for my selections from his Equestrian Portfolio. (The main photo I selected above is not the best photograph of the bunch, just the one I thought that represented this article's topic the best)