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ANDALUSIANS EN ESPAÑA
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Here
are some images from our previous class at Hacienda Dos Olivos, and a description of just
one day of the workshop:
We will visit the
Real Escuela
Andaluz del Arte Ecuestre, or Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art
and its famous Carthusian horses. We will first visit the beautiful
grounds of this famous school, founded by Alvaro Domecq in 1973 on the
grounds of El Recreo de las Cadenas Palace, surrounded by gardens designed
in the second half of the 19th Century by Garnier, to observe the students exercising their
mounts, and watch as the horses are prepared and groomed for their
performance. After visiting the museum and gift shop, we will enter the
main arena for a thrilling show of Equine Ballet, the Symphony on
Horseback, that, while somewhat less
refined than the Lipizzaner Stallions, is more passionate, as befits the
Spanish.
A short walk will take us to our
Hotel for the evening, the Royal Sherry Park Hotel, for lunch.
On the way we'll visit a delightful
shop full of great, hard to find Spanish equestrian tack and gear at
bargain prices.
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After
Breakfast in the Hotel, we will have free time until meeting at 10 a.m.
for to be transported to the Yeguada de la Cartuja for a look at Spain's
national breeding farm of the Cartusian horse. Here we will see carriages
and buggies pulled by beautiful, full-maned Andalusian horses in full
harness. We will have an opportunity to visit the mares, colts and
stallions in their boxes and pens, prior to entering the large, glass
enclosed arena, where we will be entertained in Royal style by a
breath-taking display of the finest of La Raza Pura, the pure Spanish bred
horse.
Caballeros in fine costume will put
their fine steeds through their paces, displaying their talents, fiery but
gentle nature, and regal bearing. The brood mares, tethered neck to neck
in a line known as the "Cobra", will respond to the slightest command,
while turning, reversing and pivoting with precision in a series of
movements designed to show them to their best advantage, in a group, for
prospective breeders.
This noble line, extending back,
uninterrupted, to a time before Columbus, was originally the product of
Cartusian Monks, whose monastery we will pass on the way to the Yeguada.
Following the show, we will visit
the museum and shop of the Yeguada, for a chance to bring home books,
videos, and fine apparel, all related to the Andalusian horse.
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Next, we move to the lovely
and serene HACIENDA DOS OLIVOS, just outside Sevilla where we will be
greeted by the lovely owner, Johanna Beattie Batista, and her team of
Classical Dressage Instructors, and fine Pure Blood Spanish Horses. Home
cooked meals by the Spanish cook, and side trips to other horse
facilities and shopping and sightseeing will round out our stay, along
with more painting and photography instruction. |
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A painter with a contemporary eye and a traditional hand, John Farnsworth has been a full time artist for over thirty years.
His works are in private and corporate collections here and
abroad.. He has worked in acrylic, oil, and watercolor using only the
primaries since 1978. His subjects range from people to places, from
still-life to horses. He is represented by Farnsworth Gallery Taos, in
Taos, New Mexico, Farnsworth Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
ZForrest Galleries in Tubac, Arizona, and Adagio Galleries in Palm
Springs, California. |
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