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Salty & Sweet

Portrait of an Assateague Pony happily munching on sea grasses

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6" x 8.5" oil on gallery wrapped canvas
and open stock gicle'e prints
by Ellen Rice

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Salty & Sweet

by Ellen Rice

This sweet little painting sold immediately to a woman who walked in the gallery and spotted the still wet painting on a shelf behind my desk. Salty & Sweet (referring to the grasses) reminded her of the Assateague pony she had purchased many, many years ago.

Her dear companion lived to be almost 30 years old, kept in a stable near my home in Ocean View, Delaware. The painting brought tears to her eyes, the good kind that come with happy memories.

I love when my paintings bring happiness. To me, the ponies of Assateague have been a fascination ever since reading Misty of Chincoteague by Margaret Henry in childhood, and I've visited the island many times.

I loved to ride and spent all my leaf raking and other chore money as a kid riding with my best friend, Lynne, as avid a horse lover as I was.

The ponies of Assateague are fabled to have come from a Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of the island and over several hundred years populated it.

Today, the local fire company corrals the ponies each summer and swims them over to Assateague's sister island, Chincoteague, where thousands of people gather each summer to watch the "Pony Swim" and buy ponies at auction. This helps keep the herd thinned, makes many lucky children happy and brings in needed funds for the fire company and the Misty of Chincoteague Museum.

I never owned my own horse or pony, but I've enjoyed drawing and painting them for pleasure and as commissioned portraits for many years. I hope you enjoy this sweet painting. 

The original pony swim from the Spanish galleon is depicted in my Treasure Beaches of the Mid-Atlantic map and more of the ponies' story is told with my two other Assateague pony prints, Serenity and Merriment, which you might enjoy looking at or bringing home if you or your children or grandchildren are horse lovers, too.
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Prints that go well together with Salty & Sweet in a grouping or in a themed room
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  • Home
  • Original Paintings
    • Original Oils and Pastels
    • Progress & the Process
    • Portraits & Other Commissions
  • Strength of Women Series
    • About the Series
    • Standing on the Rock Vol I
    • The Journey Vol II
    • No Way Out Vol III
    • Freedom Vol IV
    • The Narrow path Vol V
    • Reflection Vol VI
    • In God's Hands Vol VII
    • Whatsoever things are lovely Vol VIII
  • Prints
    • About Ellen Rice Prints
    • Indian River Inlet
    • Seascapes and Beach
    • Bay Scenes
    • Maps & Treasure Coast History
    • Lighthouses, Coast Guard Stations & Delaware's Watchtowers
    • Paintings Created to Uplift
    • Children's Prints and Portraits
    • Dog Portraits & Prints
    • Pony & Horse Portraits & Prints
    • Trees & Landscapes
    • Nature and Wildlife
    • Pen, Ink, Watercolor & Pencil Drawings
  • GIFTS
    • Ellen's Small Gifts
    • American Hand Made >
      • CERAMICS, POTTERY and RAKU >
        • J. Davis Raku InnerSpirit Rattles & Ornaments
      • CLOCKS & TOYS by Laughing Moon
      • GLASS ART >
        • Chiara Reading Stained Glass
        • Justin Cavagnaro Glass Art
        • Luke Adams Blown Glass
        • Joel Bloomberg Jellyfish Lamps
      • JEWELRY BY THE SHORE >
        • Austin Cake's Sun Sea Sand Sea Glass Jewelry
        • Meg's Prism Sea Glass Jewelry
        • Diane Page Beach Glass Jewelry Designs
        • Kim Doughty-Cavagnaro
      • LEAF LEATHER by CL Whiting >
        • Card Cases & Other Small Accessories
        • Classic Handbags
        • Coinpurse & Cosmetic
        • Leather-Edged Bags
        • Small Bags
        • Totes
        • Working Bags
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      • PUPPETS & PUPPET KITS - Cate & Levi
      • WOOD >
        • Steve Baldwin Wooden Toys
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