
The striking black-and-gold Imperial Horse design, shown here with the original artwork, was inspired by eighteenth-century Continental paintings of horses dressed in regal finery.

After readily admitting that she was “horse crazy” during her childhood, it is little wonder that Julie Wear forged a career as an equine portraitist. She started with Arabians—her husband formerly bred and trained the breed—and began painting Thoroughbreds when they moved to Kentucky nearly three decades ago.



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