The Mission of the Mustang A Day Challenge, a personal challenge of
Linda L Martin was to paint a living wild horse ever day 5 days a week
for a year. The project started in July of 2010 with the first paintings reaching the internet By December of that year.
The inspiration for the Mustang A Day Challenge came from Linda's involvement in the Sand Wash Basin Herd and Nancy Roberts of Colorado. Nancy started documentation and a page on Facebook. She invited those who followed the page to help her name the horses for identification purposes. Linda's name for a bay stallion was chosen and she followed the stallion and helped confirm his ID for the remainder of his life on the range. The Stallion was named Jimmy Dark Sand.
The Mustang A Day Challenge was actually extended until over 700 of North America's wild horses were painted for the project. Any horse whose origin was wild free roaming in North America was eligible for the project. Included are three East coast herds included Corolla, NC and Assateague Island, Virginia. Linda told the horses stories as related by the photographers, wild horse adopters, landowners, rescues, advocates, trainers and employees of the BLM and National Park services, and State managed Herds were shared with the paintings on the Mustang A Day Challenge Blog.
Through out the Mustang A Day Challenge many of the paintings were purchased by owners of adopted Mustangs. Other paintings were set aside to share with the general public and help tell the stories of the horses.
Artist Linda Martin will select paintings for the Autumn 2017 Show that will represent wild herds from many states in the USA that have free roaming wild horses including Virginia.
A portion of the proceeds from each painting sold goes back into documentation, adoption or advocacy of the herds represented.
For more information on the purchase and support of the Mustang A Day Project contact Linda Martin through info@LLMartin.com
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| "Just A Kiss" Picasso and Monet of Sand Wash Basin 8 by10 Watercolor |
The inspiration for the Mustang A Day Challenge came from Linda's involvement in the Sand Wash Basin Herd and Nancy Roberts of Colorado. Nancy started documentation and a page on Facebook. She invited those who followed the page to help her name the horses for identification purposes. Linda's name for a bay stallion was chosen and she followed the stallion and helped confirm his ID for the remainder of his life on the range. The Stallion was named Jimmy Dark Sand.
The Mustang A Day Challenge was actually extended until over 700 of North America's wild horses were painted for the project. Any horse whose origin was wild free roaming in North America was eligible for the project. Included are three East coast herds included Corolla, NC and Assateague Island, Virginia. Linda told the horses stories as related by the photographers, wild horse adopters, landowners, rescues, advocates, trainers and employees of the BLM and National Park services, and State managed Herds were shared with the paintings on the Mustang A Day Challenge Blog.
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| "Two Socks" Corolla, Noth Carolina Outer Banks Wild Horse 8 by 10 Watercolor |
Through out the Mustang A Day Challenge many of the paintings were purchased by owners of adopted Mustangs. Other paintings were set aside to share with the general public and help tell the stories of the horses.
Artist Linda Martin will select paintings for the Autumn 2017 Show that will represent wild herds from many states in the USA that have free roaming wild horses including Virginia.
A portion of the proceeds from each painting sold goes back into documentation, adoption or advocacy of the herds represented.
For more information on the purchase and support of the Mustang A Day Project contact Linda Martin through info@LLMartin.com
