The French painter Jacques-Louis David once said, “To give body and perfect form to your thought, this alone is what it is to be an artist.” There is no modern artist who expresses her feelings about the Arabian horse in a more masterful way than painter Mary Haggard. A native of Indiana, Mary, like so many young girls, was born with a love for horses and the gift of a set of oil paints from her parents led to a career which has found her paintings in the collections of the most discriminating art enthusiasts in the world.

Mary’s work entrances the viewer with its graceful use of light and carefully balanced compositions. Her attention to detail, from a wispy strand of forelock blowing in a desert breeze, to a dramatic landscape surrounding her equine subject, makes her work both distinctive and compelling. “For years,” says Mary, “I tried to depict the Arabian horse at their very best, in a noble way.” But as her career progressed Mary began to look at her subjects a bit differently. “More and more I realize that their true beauty must be as we see them every day – not always at their best, but stained from rolling in mud, slouching along because of a hot summer day. Then, when the sun gleams in an eye or creates a golden glow through a white mane and forelock, I get goosebumps!” A unique characteristic of Mary’s work is that she translates her own powerful emotions to her paintings, enabling the viewer to experience similar sentiments

Mary’s work has graced the covers of several books, and many connoisseurs of fine art have discovered that one of her paintings is simply not enough. Among the discerning collectors around the world who own more than one Mary Haggard are Henry and Christie Metz, Walter Mishek, Gari Dill Marlow, Mohammed Al Marzouk, Sheikh Abdulaziz al Thani, Usamah Al Kazemi, Hassanain al Nakeeb, Sheikha Sarah al Sabah and Brent and Janel Maher. An ardent observer of her own horses, Mary notes that “at the sight of a deer or a blowing piece of paper, we are treated to a gravity defying dance, with blowing and snorting that makes the faint of heart jump back.” She reflects that surely God was describing the Arabian horse with the Biblical words, “The glory of his nostrils is terrible, and he rejoices in his strength.”

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