Equine Fine Art by L. Lloyd
Photo-realism with an artistic spin
Discover exquisite equestrian art at Equine Fine Art by L. Lloyd. Specialising in photo-realistic original pieces, hand-painted with soft pastels, artist-grade coloured pencils, and watercolours. Commissions are available for stunning portraits of your beloved horses and dynamic horse racing scenes. Elevate your space with unique fine art.
Inspired by the rural way of life in her home county of Herefordshire, England, L. Lloyd creates original artwork about horses and equestrian sports such as horse racing.
She aims to portray the majesty and beauty of horses in a photo-realistic style with her own artistic spin.
Whether it's the athletic thoroughbred, the hard-working Clydesdale, or the diminutive Shetland pony, they're all on her list of subjects to paint. She also enjoys painting donkeys and even zebras—all equine family members.
Her preferred mediums are soft pastels, artist-grade coloured pencils, and watercolours.
“When I paint horses in pastel and pencil, it feels like I’m sculpting their majestic forms on the page, and it’s amazing to see each portrait or scene come to life in this way. All members of the equine family, including donkeys, mules, ponies, and zebras, are, in my humble opinion, the most fascinating subjects.”
One of her first horse drawings at age 14
Gallery
“Equuis greyvi”
11 x 14 inches
Soft pastel and coloured pencil
Strathmore Bristol Vellum, 100% cotton
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
“Sandschool at Sunset”
12 x 16 inches
Soft pastel
Clairefontaine Pastelmat
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
“Samson, The Horse Trust”
12 x 16 inches
Soft Pastel
Clairefontaine Pastelmat
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
“Henry”
11 x 14 inches
Coloured pencil
Saunders Waterford Hot Press 100% cotton
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
“Dappled”
12 x 15 inches
Soft pastel
Clarefontaine Pastelmat
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
“Full Gallop at Daybreak”
12 x 15 inches
Soft Pastel
Clarefontaine Pastelmat
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
“ABBA Ponies”
10 x 15.5 inches
Soft Pastel
Clairefonaine Pastelmat
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
“Facing the Crossing Together”
12 x 16.5 inches
Soft Pastel and Coloured Pencil
Saunders Waterford 100% cotton
High-quality Giclee Print on Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper - available to purchase, starting from £30. Please contact me for more details.
Artist’s
Bio
Born in 1976, L.Lloyd is a self-taught artist and amateur photographer who lives next to the scenic River Wye in the rural English county of Herefordshire, encircled by green hills and fields. She has developed a fulfilling professional career in the health service since 2002, although she has always loved the arts. She studied art in school, but subsequently "life" got in the way for many years until an antique wooden box of Rowney soft pastels was found in the attic. Although she was initially unsure about how to utilise these, it set off an epic exploration into their creative use, complimentary mediums like coloured pencils and watercolours, and her reacquainting with the fundamentals of art and composition. Her favourite themes to paint are portraits of animals, especially horses.
She went through a trying time of illness between 2019 and 2024 that kept her from doing the things she valued, but now that’s behind her, she's determined to make the most of life. Despite not being fortunate enough to own horses, she attends National Hunt fixtures at nearby courses in Hereford, Cheltenham, Chepstow, and Ludlow, and looks out from the window towards horses grazing in nearby farm fields. She is currently focusing her artistic endeavours on honing her equine art, and she particularly appreciates the excellent works of Ninetta Butterworth and Franco Matania.
Winter 2024 saw her become a Friend of the Society of Equestrian Artists to pursue her passion for equestrian art and to provide any assistance she could to this nonprofit organisation.
Whenever feasible, she uses her own photographic images to inspire her work. Otherwise, she only utilises reference images for which she has prior permission, as well as royalty-free and copyright-free photos from sites such as Unsplash and Pexels.
Although she mainly paints for enjoyment, she will happily take commissions if someone requests since all her artwork is created using the finest lightfast pigments on museum-quality, acid-free surfaces. She would then donate 25% of the proceeds to The Donkey Sanctuary and The Horse Trust, two UK charities she already supports.
Email: equine.fine.art33@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/llwatercolourart/
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COMMISSIONS WELCOME
The finest lightfast pigments will be used to hand-paint an original portrait of your cherished equine companion or a thrilling racing scene on a beautiful museum-quality, archival surface, such as Clairefontaine Pastelmat or Strathmore Bristol 100% cotton paper.
HIGH-QUALITY GICLEE PRINTS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE
Please contact me if you would like to acquire high-quality Giclee prints of my artwork from the Art Gallery. Prints are archival, made with high-quality lightfast pigment inks on museum-quality archival paper, such as Saunders Waterford 100% cotton.
I will donate 25% of the profits to The Donkey Sanctuary and The Horse Trust, two UK charities I already support.
Kindly share your details, and I will reach out to you promptly. I look forward to the opportunity to connect.
Email: equine.fine.art33@gmail.com
Phone: (+0044) 07552 227936
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