FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 89
with her generous nature, Louise loans out
her studio to other artists and organizations.
“Everything in the studio is on rollers and I can
move it all out of the way or upstairs. Charitable
organizations can come in and use my studio
for events and one month out of the year I am
the den mother for four different artists from the
American Academy of Equine Art in Kentucky.
Each artist uses my studio for one week.”
Louise generously agreed to create a
painting for the cover of this Sidelines art
issue and during my visit she showed me the
painting and talked about it. It’s an Olympic
themed painting that pays tribute to all of the
horses from the United States who participated
in the Games and I smile when I notice that the
horse’s hooves are painted red, white and blue.
“I do my art for myself but I also do it to make
people smile.” Louise has certainly achieved
her goal – and along the way created beautiful
work that will cause smiles for generations to
come.
To see more of Louise Mellon’s artwork, visit
her website at www.louisemellon.com.
Photos: All photos by Jan Westmark-Allan
“Barnyard Mayhem” is a painting inspired by a real life experience on Louise’s farm.
Digital print courtesy of Louise Mellon.
Linus and Lance, Louise’s Connemara Ponies, are often the inspiration
for her art.
Louise’s Corgi, Ruffes, holds down the fort
in the studio. The painting above Ruffes, on
the left, is one of Louise’s fun paintings and
features a Corgi jumping into a pool, ridden
by a small cowboy. Perhaps Ruffes was the
inspiration.