The hot colors of an equine summer explode into being in the Paso Fino Horse Directory Header for the month of June 2010. This eye-catching painting is a creation of Jonelle T. McCoy, the Paso Fino Horse Directory's "in-house artist." She has taken the hot and cool shades of summer and joined them in a new techinique she is perfecting, where intensity collides with color and form; which by the way, also personifies the Paso Fino Horse.

To see more of these fine "Original Artworks by Jonelle T. McCoy" like this one and the ones below, as well as this new painting technique used in Nellie's other designs, click on this link on the Paso Fino Horse Directory Forum: http://www.pasofinohorsedirectory.com/Forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1380&page=1#Item_28

 For more information re. Nellie's artwork and to request a portrait or other commission, contact Jonelle at nellie9tnine@aol.com.

Art and it's expression fills in the gaps of our daily doldrums and hum-drums of life with the most unexpected and pleasant surprises! Much like our Paso Finos do!

The Paso Fino Horse pictured in the previous "Paso Fino Horse Directory" logo is a Perlino-colored Paso Fino. The Perlino carries two copies of the creme gene, which is a dilution gene, on a bay-based horse. Her offspring all will have one copy of this dilution gene, producing the much sought after diluted colors of horses such as Palomino, Buckskin and Smokey Black, depending on the influence of other color genes from both Dam and Sire. Double-dilutes (two copies of creme gene) such as the Perlino and Cremello, have blue eyes. The pupils are usually a very dark blue, while the iris is a very light blue. Cremello is a chestnut-based horse with two copies of the dilution or creme gene.

The field of flowers Tai Tai is standing in is the State Flower of Texas, the Texas Bluebonnet. People come from all over in April to photograph the flowers, sit in fields of the flowers, and photograph their children, girlfriends and boyfriends. Lines of cars will pull up along the side of busy highways to partake in the splendor of carpets of the richest, most unusual blue nature creates. The scent of the bluebonnet is as glorious as it's beauty. My property in areas is wall-to-wall  in this State Flower, and it is a site for the eyes to behold and the olefactory senses to be drenched in. There is an annual Bluebonnet Festival that is the official fair held yearly in a small town by the name of Chapel Hill, where many Polish immigrants began their life here as well as Germans. This small, sleepy town holds another historic interest in a Mason Cemetery where ancestors of Colonel Travis of the famed Alamo are buried. Not far from there stands the home of General Sam Houston's (First President of the Republic of Texas, and the one who led the Texians in the Battle of San Jacinto to defeat Generalisimo Santa Ana of Spain) wife and burial place. Just a little piece of Texas flavor brought 'round for ya'll to have a taste of!

LINK TO LIVE SHOWING OF DULCE SUEÑO PASO FINO COMPETITION FROM PUERTO RICO MARCH 6, 7 2010  WWW.TELECOQUI.NET

The Dulce Sueño Fair or "La Feria Dulce Sueño" is held annually at this time every year in Guayama, Puerto Rico. It is named after the Paso Fino horse "Dulce Sueño," pictured above, whose name means "Sweet Dream." This fair was instituted in 1979, and this is the 32nd annual event for it honoring the great foundation sire of the Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino breed.

Dulce Sueño was born in the town of Guayama, Puerto Rico in 1927 (RIP 1941), and owned by Genaro Cautiño, a sugar plantation owner and mayor of Guayama.

                   Photo of Dulce Sueno

The Paso Fino horse is the pride and national sport of Puerto Rico, and when a great fair is instituted and named after an individual Paso Fino, in the town of his birth and homestead of his owner, it is indicative of the critical importance this Paso Fino is to the Pure Puerto Rican Breed.

PHOTOS: http://www.pasofinohorsedirectory.com/Forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1408&page=1#Item_29

"Negra Feather"

Jonelle T. McCoy, the artist and creator of the painting "Negra Feather" featured on the Paso Fino Horse Directory Home page for the month of February, 2010, grew up in Upstate NY where her innate talent to create was evidenced at an early age. She states her love of animals has always existed, and that they are the main focus of her drawings and paintings. As a child, she even made her own patterns for stuffed animals she sewed. It was her Hungarian great grandfather from whom she inherited her artistc inclination. In her words, " I thank my Hungarian great granddaddy for passing on the artistic genes to me, he is my guardian angel. His plain gray easel, spotted with his past smears, dots of painting, and little holes from pinning his reference materials to it is what I use; it makes me feel close to him. I still have some of his brushes, well-used, worn-out nubs that they are. One of my prized possessions is his pencil self portrait. His favorite story told over and over when we visited him was about Van Gogh."

As a teenager, Jonelle, took a picture of a horse out of a book, blew it up by hand on the back wall of her bedroom, and with paints found at home, recreated it on the back wall of her bedroom. Jonelle's only formal art education was a class she took at New York State Community College. The rest of her art education was learned "on the job." In the late 80's, she worked at "Adirondack Scenic, a local scenic shop, a job she began as a totally untrained apprentice scenic painter. Adirondack Scenic had many clients, big opera (Chicago and LA), amusement parks (Universal Studios in Florida for example), huge trade shows, and other live theater sets to name a few.

Jonelle's path continued in Oklahoma, where she moved to in 1991. After a couple of years in Oklahoma, she landed a job as a scenic painter at Oklahoma City University. On the side, she worked for a company called Silvertree that supplied Six Flags with dance and magic show props and scenery. She also did props and an occasional drop for a local "Event" company. In the mid-90's, Jonelle left Oklahoma City University and became "lead scenic" at Silvertree. 

Included in her body of work is the movie "Twister," on which she worked as a scenic artist, assigned to the aunt's house in the movie, which was done in Wakita, Oklahoma. Then she worked in Guthrie, Oklahoma on the drive-in theater and garage scene; maybe many of you remember that one. The other area of the movie Twister she worked on was in an airplane hanger in Norman, Oklahoma where the cave-in floor of the aunt's house was done, as well as the house that the truck drove up into and through. Jonelle says of this movie experience that it was a lot of fun, though very demanding with long hours. Today you will find this artist still at work part-time with "Eventures, Inc.

All during this time, throughout most of her career, Jonelle has always had horses….though she may have started out with quarterhorses, she ended up with PASO FINOS! Discovered by chance, this unique and wonderful breed, the Paso Fino, has become the mainstay in her life and in her heart.

"Apache"

For visual delights of Jonelle's artwork, click on:  http://www.pasofinohorsedirectory.com/Forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1380&page=1#Item_14

In some parts of the world, it is already the New Year 2010! Where did the decade go! For all who read this and beyond, I gratefully extend a hope of a personally enriching, prosperous and meaningful year ahead, filled with every wish, dream and desire of worth that is deserving. Happy Black-Eyed-Pea Eating (the legume, not the band), or Grape eating, as the case may be, if you are in Spain, and whatever else people do across the globe for "good luck."

The Paso Fino has brought people together from across the Globe….USA, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, England, France, Spain, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, even Israel I believe, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, the Virgin Islands…..St. Croix, Aruba, and beyond, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and several other small pockets around the world. Paso Finos Make the World Go 'Round! May the Paso Fino Prosper in the New Year 2010.

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