http://dianamiskell.com The latest news from Horse and Cattle Art by Diana Miskell. en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:51 CDT Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:51 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This painting recently sold and is now residing in Southern California. My client has indicated he is very pleased with it so that makes me happy. This was my first time shipping a painting from Costa Rica to North America and it was an eye opener. The cost is very high. I used to ship framed paintings from Canada to the USA at very reasonable cost. Mind you, I cleared them through US Customs myself, without going through a broker, and also figured out how to bring them back into Canada if they were returning from a U.S. show. I used FedEx from Blaine, WA, to anywhere in the U.S. FedEx, and UPS, from Costa Rica to the USA is considered international shipping and even a 3 lb., unframed painting is very expensive to ship. To the rescue: our friend, Michelle Gawenka who, along with her husband, Paul, operate Spider Monkey Rehab in San Ramón (www.spidermonkeyrehab.com). Michelle was travelling to Oregon so she very generously offered to take the painting with her. Once the painting arrived in Oregon, I had UPS pick it up and deliver it to it's new owner in Southern California. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:43:57 CDT The Eastern Ontario Pleasure Driving Society (EOPDS) online auction is up and running for the month of March, 2013. Over 150 items are up for sale -- horsey & non-horsey - carriages, tack and related equipment, artwork, books, stamps, gift certificates, signed Ottawa Senators jersey, Brad Britch golf items, 'Sam Bat' bat and much more. Photos and descriptions posted of all items. This is a fundraiser for the EOPDS driving club. I suggest you check out auction item #1004! If you scroll 'way down, you will see pictures of all the items. Here is the link to the auction site so you can check out what's up for bids: http://www.myminiauction.com/eopdsauction. Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:23:49 CST If you are looking for a chance to buy some really super horse related items, and other great stuff, check out this site: www.myminiauction.com and, especially, you might want to bid on item number 1004!!! Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:46:42 CST I just want to thank all of you who took the time to write here about Ann Hatchett-Sprague. There is not much information available about her on the Internet. I am not sure why that is because it seems she painted a lot of beautiful Arab horses. I treasure the small miniature I found in an antique store in eastern Washington State. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:54:10 CST I have finished a new painting of a Costa Rican ox, part of a team, titled "Simbolico de Atenas", so named because the oxcarts and their drivers (boyeros) are an important historical part of Costa Rica and particularly our town of Atenas. The beautifully painted oxcarts of Costa Rica are famous and oxen teams are still used today on farms. "Symbolical de Atenas" was selected to be the cover art on the new third addition of the Atenas tourist map. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:05:15 CST