Center for the Arts helping Equine Rescue of Aiken
Buy a painting; help a horse.
Two local artists have teamed up with Aiken Center for the Arts to help the efforts of Equine Rescue of Aiken by offering original works of art and donating the proceeds to the effort.
Carol Sue Roberts and Sharon Taylor Padgett paint on location throughout Aiken, and recently completed two small paintings at Equine Rescue of Aiken. The framed oil paintings are on display at the Art Center and they have decided to donate the full price back to the facility that helps rehabilitate abandoned and neglected horses.
“The rolling hills and beautiful setting of Equine Rescue of Aiken made a perfect setting for us to paint,” Padgett said. “Carol Sue chose to capture the reflections in a pond on the property, and I painted the rolling hills and a pasture.”
Equine Rescue of Aiken provides a haven for race horses, show horses, event horses, trail and draft horses, polo ponies, saddlebreds, barrel racers, broodmares and foals that were destined for slaughter. Safe now, thanks to owner Larkin Steele, these horses now have food and water and veterinary care on a beautiful 80-acre farm in Aiken.
“While painting on location, Sharon and I were both thinking the same thing; we wanted to donate the paintings back to this cause in some way,” said Roberts.
The two paintings are on display at Aiken Center for the Arts and the entire sale will go back to Equine Rescue of Aiken.
“We are very supportive of this partnership with the artists to support Equine Rescue of Aiken. Everyone will enjoy seeing the artist’s view of the Equine Rescue environment which provides an essential sanctuary for horses,” said Kristin Brown, executive director of the Aiken Center for the Arts.