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CibbuanoHorse Paintings by Cholla
October 27th 2008 02:28
It's hard to believe, but we've finally evolved to the point where we've outsourced our paintings to the animal kingdom.
I mean, we've all seen these watercolours by elephants, that's old news. It's almost pedestrian; boring. With it's prehensile trunk and that big, knobbly head, why wouldn't an elephant paint?
There's even an Elephant Painting gallery. I'm yawning at the incredible dullness of that idea.
Now, a horse painting a picture, and that picture going on exhibition in Italy? That's the stuff that dreams are made of. Horses are some of the most productive animals on the planet, used by humans to drag around big pieces of farming equipment, or carry our soldiers, or just to stand there, being the focus of young girls' fantasies after reading "Black Beauty".
This happy character is Cholla the Horse, an 'artist' that was discovered when his owner let him take a shot at painting the fence:
"Cholla's painting career began by accident, Chambers said. He'd follow her around when she'd paint the corral each year, and one day her husband quipped, "You should get that horse to paint the fence."
Chambers instead tacked a piece of paper to a railing, bought some watercolors, mixed them up, and handed a brush to Cholla, who gripped it in his teeth and stroked the paper.
"He's been painting ever since," she said."
Chambers instead tacked a piece of paper to a railing, bought some watercolors, mixed them up, and handed a brush to Cholla, who gripped it in his teeth and stroked the paper.
"He's been painting ever since," she said."
It raises an interesting question: do animals have an appreciation for art? It's often been said that animals can enjoy music - but if they're actually capable of creating art, then the distinction between man and beast grows hazier. If they can paint, and so can we, are we really that special? Is it just our thumbs that makes us different?
""Yes, it's a novelty that a horse can paint," she said. "But it's not about novelty anymore. It's about his validation as an artist." "
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