Dudley Macfarlane Will Never Grow Out of Horses
Wednesday, July 24 2019
By Britney Grover
Portraits by Adrienne Morella
Dudley Macfarlane has been a dedicated horsewoman her entire life, even while juggling her Wall Street banking career and raising three boys. In 2013, she and her horse Authentic won the Washington International … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Frederique Poulain: “I Always Wanted to Paint Horses”
Monday, June 24 2019
By Lyssette Williams
Portraits by Kristie Nichols
For Frederique Poulain, being a professional artist isn’t a job but a way of life. While some people drag their feet getting into the office five days a week, Frederique happily works seven. … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Jessie Blake Lochrie: Creating Heirloom Fashion
Thursday, June 06 2019
By Sarah Maslin Nir
Jessie Blake Lochrie is something of an equestrian contradiction. At night she can be found tearing up the dance floors in Brooklyn’s edgiest underground clubs, taking in a deejay set or discussing the minutiae of electronic … [Read more]
- Published in General, Weekly Feature
Julie Ferris: Painting Her Passion
Monday, May 06 2019
By Doris Degner-Foster
The horses in Julie Ferris’ work look as though they could step off the canvas, especially in her life-sized paintings. Her trademark style of using a white painted background highlights her subject, showing the character of each … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Ali Brock: From Aloha to the Olympics
Thursday, April 18 2019
By Britney Grover
Portraits by Isabel J. Kurek
Allison “Ali” Brock doesn’t let limitations stop her. She was attracted to horses from the beginning, despite no family connection to horses; she worked to pay for her own riding from 12 … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Hattie Gilpin: Horses, Tiffany’s and Her Own Jewelry Line
Tuesday, April 02 2019
By Alannah Castro
Portraits by Kathy Russell
As a young girl, Hattie Gilpin took an unconventional route to the horse world: She got involved in competitive swimming at a very young age, and her assistant swim coach introduced her to … [Read more]
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Melinda Van Dyck: Life on Stage and on Horseback
Friday, March 29 2019
By Hope Ellis-Ashburn
Portraits by Shawna Simmons
Actress Melinda Van Dyck is a lifelong equestrian with Hollywood roots. The daughter of thespian Joan Bennett and screenwriter and producer Gene Markey, she was born in the 1930s and raised in the … [Read more]
- Published in Weekly Feature
Michelle Durpetti: An Old-Fashioned Work Ethic
Monday, March 25 2019
As Michelle Durpetti waits to jog her amateur-owner hunter, Lucca, at the Kentucky Horse Park, she’s talking animatedly into headphones tucked carefully under her helmet with her cellphone in hand.
The 40-year-old Chicago native is on a conference call with … [Read more]
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Joanna Zeller Quentin: Hooked On Horses and Art
Saturday, March 16 2019
By Hope Ellis-Ashburn
When it came time for artist Joanna Zeller Quentin and her husband to come up with a name for the studio they planned to share, finding a great name proved difficult. “Moose Pants Studio was born out … [Read more]
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Ruth Nicodemus: A Passion for Teaching the Passionate
Tuesday, March 05 2019
By Britney Grover
Ruth Nicodemus hasn’t just been passionate about horses all her life — she’s been passionate about teaching. “My passion for teaching was instinctive,” she said. “I was the annoying friend who, while I was hacking with four … [Read more]
- Published in General, Weekly Feature