Stone Horse

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Architecture • Tagged 1931, art, Art Deco, Canadian National Exhibition, carved stone, CNE, copyright, grey, horse, photography, Toronto • 2 Comments

Detail of a bold Art Deco style horse carved in the facade of the 1931 Horse Palace at the CNE.

Beautiful Friesian

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Portrait • Tagged bark, barn, braid, copyright, field, horse, mane, photography • 4 Comments

A portrait of Walling, a stunning horse!

Walling II

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Animals • Tagged art, barn, braid, copyright, Friesian, horse, light, mane, photography, Portrait, sunset • Leave a comment

Watching the sun dropping in the western sky, Walling calls it a day as a very sweet model. Such a beautiful boy.

Walling

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Animals • Tagged black, copyright, field, Friesian, gate, horse, photography, running, summer • 1 Comment

On a hot summer evening recently, I had the pleasure of photographing Walling, a stunning Friesian horse.

Flying Horse

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Objects • Tagged carved, colorful, copyright, fair, horse, London, photography, ride, Western Fair, wooden • 6 Comments

Dating back to early jousting traditions in Europe and the Middle East, Carousels or Merry-go-rounds became popular at fairs in England during the mid 1800s. These colourful rides are still popular with the little ones!

Grazing

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Portrait • Tagged field, grazing, horse, London, Ontario, photography, white • 13 Comments

A horse enjoys a mouthful of long grass as him and his buddies graze their way across a summer field.

Back Fence

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Objects • Tagged fence, horse, photography, snow • Leave a comment

A view of my snowy fence.

Merry-go-round

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Objects • Tagged Carousel, CNE, horse, Merry-go-round, photography, Toronto • 2 Comments

A view of horses on the Merry-go-round or Carousel at the CNE. The earliest known depiction of a carousel is in a Byzantine bas-relief dating to around 500 A.D., which depicts riders in baskets suspended from a central pole!

Curious Horse

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Portrait • Tagged close up, France, horse, Trausse • 2 Comments

A friendly horse, in the village of Trausse in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, poses for a photo.

North Oakville Beauty

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged farm land, horse, Oakville, Ontario, summer, wild flowers • Leave a comment

A view on a Burnhamthorpe Road farm.

North Oakville is a place of farm land and pastoral scenes. Sadly, with all the new development north of Highway 5, these beautiful landscapes may soon be gone forever.

Imagery of Light

Photography by Sheila Creighton

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