The magnificent gelding from Dean Kannemeyer’s stable with Jockey Karl Neisius scores his fifth win in the PSL Soccer 4 Handicap at Durbanville on Saturday 5 March.
Pastel on Royal Sovereign Pastel Board
Original Size: 50 x 65 cm
Framed: 86 x 100 cm (approximate)
Splash Gold is my first foray into the world of Equestrian Fine Art, but the painting has been so well received that I’m setting my sights on the Sport of Kings - Polo.
So much so that at 6am this morning, I was out scouring the beach below Brekvis Bay for feathers...... I’ve got exactly 1 week to create a ‘fascinator’. Forget the wide-brimmed straw hats of the Met, this is an altogether more elegant affair.... a single Sacred Ibis plume tucked into a tailored black silk number, pinned to a perfectly coiffed chignon. Your otherwise bundu-bashing barefoot artist ’en grande tenue’.
A week today, Saturday April 17th, Cape Town’s celebrities and fashionistas converge at Val de Vie Wine Estate near Paarl for the international Polo Masters. And ‘moi’ won’t be rubbing shoulders with Ryk Neethling on the Petanque court or leisurely quaffing champagne on the pavilion (although I won’t say no to a taste of Raats’s Rhone-inspired Mouvedre!). No. You’ll find me on the playing fields, furiously sketching horses... watching carefully as players wield their mallets to score a goal. I’m learning from the master – Degas - and getting inspired..... watch this space.