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Alecia Barry Underhill is a professional artist specializing in equine subject matter. She is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, with a BFA in Illustration, and is an associate member of the American Academy of Equine Art.

"I paint horses for their beauty, the connection we human beings have to them, and the sense of history and nostalgia for simpler times. I like to paint close-up views that arrest the viewer and perhaps make you see something that you wouldn't ordinarily notice. I am not interested in painting perfect, idealized horses. The imperfections and variations that make each horse unique are what interest me."

She has produced the poster, Horses from A to Z and its followup, Cowman Numerals. She spent her teenage years working with horses at a riding stable and Morgan farm in Connecticut, and continues to ride and work with her own Morgan mare, Unique. She and her husband, Michael, live on a farm in Connecticut with the horses, two cats, and their son, Max.

 
me & Unique
Unique

 

 

 
Cheerio

Galleries:

Studio 47 Art Gallery, Woodstock, Vermont (current)
Silver Circle Art Gallery, Putnam, CT (current)
ABoDE Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard (2005-07)
The Gallery and Shoppes at Celebrations (2006)

Solo Shows:

2005 ABoDE Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard
2003 Thompson Public Library

Juried Exhibitions:

2010, Wings, Tails, & Scales, OVMA Conference Art Show.
2008, Draft Horse Classic, Grass Valley, California
2008, Dancing Horse Farm Equine Art Show, Ohio, Best in Show, Best Painting.
2008, Out of the Blue, Attleboro Art Museum, Massachusettes
2008, CT + 5 exhibition, West Hartford Art Guild, CT.
2007, Masters of Foxhounds of America Traveling Exhibition
2007, AAEA Spring Exhibition, Crossgate Gallery, KY
2006 The Horse in Art, Wildlife Experience Museum, Colorado
2006, Animals in Art, Lyme Art Association, CT
2006, AAEA Fall Open Juried Exhibition
2005, Nine Patches Art Show, La Veta, CO
2004, AAEA Fall Open Juried Exhibition
2004, Draft Horse Classic
2003, 1998, 1992, 1989 AAEA Juried Exhibitions
1999, AAEA Celebration of the Horse, Georgia
2001 Equine Art Guild Juried Show
1999 Western States Horse Expo
1995, Georgia Dressage and Combined Training Assoc. Juried Show
Providence Art Club
Warwick Museum, RI

Invitational Group Shows:

2010-A Salute to the World Equestrian Games, Lexington History Museum, AAEA Invitational Show, Lexington, KY.
2009-10 TR and the Horse, Theodore Roosevelt Association, Oyster Bay,NY
2006, The Driven Horse, Skyline Farm Carriage Museum, ME
2006, Stonington Vineyards, Greener Pastures Rescue benefit show
2005 Equine show to benefit Greener Pastures Horse Rescue, The Gilded Edge, Salem, CT
2003 The Equine Spirit, The Wildlife Experience Gallery, Denver
2001 New Canaan Society for the Arts Equestrian Show
2000 Hartford Fine Arts Gallery
Rhode Island School of Design Staff Exhibition (Annually since 1998)
Lone Star Park, Texas

 

Awards:

2010, Wings Tails & Scales show, People's Choice Award for "Pixel, Lounging".
2008 Draft Horse Classic - Best Draft Horse Theme
2008, Dancing Horse Farm Equine Art Show, Ohio, Best in Show, Best Painting.
2001 Equine Art Guild Juried show - 1st Place award for "Blessing of the Horses"
1995 Georgia Dressage and CT Assoc. - 2nd Place award
©2005 Alecia Underhill