Stephanie Michaud

Studio Name: Grand Cheval Studio

Specialty: Hand painted in oil model horses that almost breathe! Also sculpting and customizing.

Price ranges: Primarily through eBay: SMs $700-1500 and Trads $1300-???

Books: Commission books closed generally (through Spring of 2008 for sure). But she can be tempted for the right price. Subject to schedule. Fordetermining the "right price" you can look at what auction sales run in general. (SMs $700-1500 and Trads $1300-???) Customizing can also be incorporated.

Website / contact: http://grandcheval.com/

Sommer Prosser

Specialty: Airbrushed finishes. Bays and pintos in high demand. 15 years experience with custom orders. Live Show proven all the way! Oodles of wins for clients, including local champs and NAN Top 10's/Champions. Lots of repeat customers still put up with her after all these years . . . . lol.

Price ranges: $Wal-Mart affordable - to $$won't equal your house payment

Books: OPEN! . . . sometimes

Website / contact:
www.sommerprosser.net
http://community.webshots.com/user/sommerp
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sommer_prosser/

Mel Miller

Studio Name: Chinook Studios

Specialty: She really needs no introduction. Aside from her great painting skills we can all hate her for her incredible design and photography talents. Go away Mel. You make the rest of us look bad.

Price ranges: $lotteries - to $highest prices in the hobby (cough*sputter... but yes, they're worth every penny!)

Books: Closed (although perhaps you may be able to tempt her?)

Web site / contact: http://www.chinookstudios.com/

Kirsten Wellman

Studio Name: White Horse Productions

Specialty: Portrait models are a specialty! Kirsten paints primarily with an Iwata HP-C airbrush using Jo Sonya acrylic guache. Once she has airbrushed the base color, she details the model with a combination of pastels, pigments, pencils, and hand-painted acrylics. All models are sealed with Krylon matte fixative..Check out a few of her champions: http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/champions.html

Price ranges: $35 (SM Foal) to $250 (oversize trads)

Books: OPEN!.

Web site / contact: www.whitehorseproductions.com

Caroline Boydston

Studio Name: White Horse Studios

Specialty: Caroline has been drawing and painting horses and other animals for as long as she can remember and has won many awards for her work. She began painting professionally in 1995 and her work is highly sought after by many collectors. She enjoys the challenge of trying new techniques and improving her work. Caroline has had a lifelong passion for fine art.

Price ranges: marketed mostly on eBay her stablemate sizes tend to sell for at least $400 upwards and traditionals are usually well into the four figure range

Books: Closed (although perhaps you may be able to tempt her?)

Web site / contact: www.whitehorsestudios.net

Danelle Gatcombe

Specialty: I paint primarily in oils, with mixed media accents. Long-time model horse hobbyist, re-entered the hobby in 1999. Have studied fine art under Mark Hayden and Barbara Baldwin, and have painted many live show champions, including NAN champs and Region X Regional Champs!

Price ranges:From $125 for a solid color on a mini, to $425 for traditional size appies and pintos.

Books: Currently closed, but I occasionally will take a custom order. Sign up for my YahooGroups list for notification of when painting slots open.

Web site / contact:
http://www.gatcombe.com/danelles_customs/terms.html

Allison Strohm

Studio Name: Wolf River Creations

Specialty: I have been handpainting with oils since 1998. Many of my models have received NAN qualifications. I don't take too many orders at once, so turn around time is quite reasonable!

Price ranges: $25-$75

Books: Open

Web site / contact:
www.geocities.com/akstrohm
akstrohm@yahoo.com

Yvonne Davey

Studio Name: Stillwater Valley Studios

Specialty: Airbrush and pastels are my main media with colored pencil for added detail. I LOVE details and do as much as possible to make them come to life. My work has won numerous Overall Champions (like the Dinky Duke pictured) in live shows as well as photo shows. My dapple greys are becoming highly sought after. I also sculpt.

Price ranges: From $75 solid colored SM's to $300 for paints/apps on Traditionals

Books: Closed for now. Join myYahoo groups for sales pieces that I will offer as I finish them and "maybe" a book opening or two in late 2008

Web site / contact:
www.stillwatervalleystudios.com
and for more recently finished work
http://community.webshots.com/user/bluafghan?vhost=community

Lauren Tapley

Studio Name: Desert Sun Studios

Specialty: Hand painting in pastels, acrylics and colored pencils. Nearly 10 yrs of painting models... 5 yrs of which have been spent mastering the subtle art of pastels! I'm a sucker for Dilute colors (the odder the better! Love the challenge!) and Splash paints.

Price ranges:Depends on size and level of detail. Generally priced on a case by case basis. I try to keep them very affordable... and accessable

Books: I don't keep books "open" or "closed". Contact me and I'll see if I can work you in! When I'm humming... I work fast! So it's hard to say when I'll be "busy"... or not.

Web site / contact:
New website in the works... till then... webshots: http://community.webshots.com/user/desertsunstudios http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theOutlawArtisans/

Karen Beeson

Specialty: Karen Beeson strives to create highly individual pieces of equine artwork filled with heart and soul. Karen is known for coupling thorough equine color and pattern research with meticulous, accurate, hand application of this knowledge to each piece. Her works are complete down to the smallest detail, such as individually painted locks of hair, mottling, and tiny painted wrinkles, all carefully applied with ultra fine paint brushes in the natural direction of the hair coat growth. All of these features contribute to the life and expression of her work that is so desired by collectors. Her finishwork has attained National Championships and Reserve titles at NAN, multiple NAN Top Ten Awards, plus numerous Overall and Division championships at very competitive shows in the U.S.

Price ranges:Base prices for solid colored minis starting at $425 and up, depending on the size of the piece (finishwork is offered on all scales through Traditional) and complexity of the pattern.

Books: Karen Beeson's commission books are closed and filled through early 2010, however she does offer a few completed pieces and finishwork, and holds back a small number of spaces for new commission slots which are offered by lottery to members of her yahoo announcement group each year.

Web site / contact:
e-mail: karbee9@aol.com portfolio album: http://community.webshots.com/user/karbee9 news group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Karen_Beeson/