Off the Track Gallery

Size: 40 x 48

Name of Horse: Balance

Owner: John and Jerry Amerman

Location: Mill Ridge Farm, Lexington, KY

Year of Image: 2009

Accomplishments: Her career earnings were over $1 million. 

Sire: Thunder Gulch

Dam: Vertigineux

Type of Painting: Conformation

Breeder: Maverick Productions

The foal by her side in the painting is her first and it's a colt by A. P. Indy. He would later be the sale topper at the Keeneland yearling sale. Ben Leon bought the colt and later named him Mr. Besilu.

Size: 24 x 30

Name of Horse: Cedric

Owner: Peter & Cortright Wetherill - Cherry Knoll Farm - Margaret Duprey

Rider: Laura Kraut

Trainer: N/A

Location: Chantilly, France

Year of Image: 2012

Event: GTC Grand Prix

Accomplishments: Gold Medalist with Team USA at 2008 Olympics in China

Type of Image: Racing

Size: 18 x 24

Location: Belmont Park

Year of Image: 2006

Race: Belmont Stakes

Umberto is delivering the prayer for the jockeys before the Belmont Stakes

Size: 12 x 10

Chasing Yesterday by Tapit out of Littleprincessemma

Size: 22 x 28

Size: 22 x 28

Name of Horse: Dear Birdie

Owner: Marylou Whitney and John Hendrickson

Location: Saratoga / Gainesway, KY

Year of Image: 2008

Sire: Storm Bird

Dam: Hush Dear by Silent Screen

Type of Painting: Conformation

Breeder: Marylou Whitney

The foal by her side is the colt, Birdstone, who would go on to win the Belmont Stakes and who would in turn sire Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird.

What can you say, kids who love animals and grandparents who love them even more. 

Size: 24 x 30

Name of Horse: First Dude

Owner: Double Diamond Farm - Don Dizney

Jockey: Martin Garcia

Trainer: Bob Baffert

Accomplishments: career earnings over $1.4 million

Sire: Stephen Got Even

Dam: Run Sarah Run by Smart Strike

Type of Painting: Conformation

First Dude at Don Dizney's Double Diamond Farm in Ocala, Florida

Size: 8 x 12

Foundation mares living out there lives comfortably "out to pasture" at Summer Wind Farm 

Size: 40 x 48

Name of Horse: Ghostzapper

Owner: Adena Springs - Frank Stronach

Location: Adena Springs, KY

Year of Image: 2007

Accomplishments: Horse of the Year 2004

Sire: Awesome Again

Dam: Baby Zip by Relaunch

Type of Painting: Conformation

Breeder: Adena Springs

Size: 24 x 30

This was painted for Randy and Kim Gullatt of Twin Creeks Farm.  It was a homage to their three stallions at stud, but painted in the fashion of an old Richard Stone Reeves painting called Three Kings, which was painted at Claiborne Farm and featured three of their great stallions Secretariat, NijinskyII, and Spectacular Bid. With that painting in mind, we crafted this painting featuring Graydar (held by Steve Davis a Twin Creeks partner), Constitution (held by Randy), and Mission Impazable (held by Kim). 

Randy and Kim have great senses of humor and the various titles we have thrown around for this piece are much, much better than Three Kings . . .but I'm partial to "Five Studs and Filly."

Size: 24 x 30

Size: 22 x 28

Name of Horse: I'll Have Another

Owner: J. Paul Reddam

Jockey: Mario Gutierrez

Trainer: Doug O'Neill

Location: Big Red Farm, Japan

Year of Image: 2012

Race: Kentucky Derby

Accomplishments: Won KY Derby and Preakness totaling career earnings $2.7 million

Sire: Flower Alley

Dam: Arch's Gal Edith by Arch

Type of Painting: Conformation

Breeder: Harvey Clarke

Size: 24 x 30

Littleprincessemma and her 2016 foal by Tapit and a half sister to American Pharoah. 

The foal is a filly and is named Chasing Yesterday. 

Size: 10 x 12

The 2015 colt is a full brother to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.  He was bred by Summer Wind Farm and originally named Irish Pharaoh at the time the painting was made. He is now owned by Coolmore who has changed his name to St. Patrick's Day. 

Size: 10 x 12

Size: 10 x 12

More Hennessy and her 2016 filly Shadow Play

Size: 30 x 40

Plum Pretty at Timber Town in Lexington, KY.  Now, owned by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm, but raced by John Fort of Peachtree Stables. John named her very appropriately because folks, she's just Plum Pretty. 

Size: 28 x 22

Name of Horse: Premium Tap

Owner: Klein, Whelihan, Alivezos

Trainer: John Kimmel

Accomplishments: career earnings over $2.5 million

Sire: Pleasant Tap

Dam: Premium Red by Thirty Six Red

Type of Painting: Head Portrait

Premium Tap is a horse that I could share many stories about as I have become great friends with one of his former owners, Dave Whelihan.  It's worth buying the book, A Brush With Greatness, if for not other reason just to read Dave's quote about this horse and the strange journey Premium Tap would take them on.  

I painted so head shots more than 30 years ago, that I don't find enough challenge in them anymore, but Dave insisted I do this one for him. I remember trying to talk him out of it, because Premium Tap was just a brown horse and no markings . . Dave won, I painted the head shot and I have to admit this painting has become almost a logo for Robert Clark Artist. Thanks, Dave, you sure know how to pick 'em! 

Size: 28 x 22

Qaraaba is a mare bred by Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Farms.  She is by the Giant's Causeway son, Shamardal and out of Mokaraba whose grand sires are Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector.  

She was bought and raced in partnership with Michael Tabor of Coolmore and Lady Bamford.  The painting was commissioned by Lady Bamford and is in England. 

Size: 22 x 28

Name of Horse: Sonny's Amigo Boy

Owner: Terry Dixon

Type of Painting: Conformation

Size: 10 x 12

Size: 48 x 66

Whisper Hill mares (part of a diptych)

This painting has the mares Harve de Grace, Groupie Doll, and Plum Pretty 

Size: 48 x 66

Whisper Hill - the second piece of the diptych which in total has six mares, six foals with each canvas being 4 feet by 5 1/2 feet. In total the 2 canvases stretch 11 feet long and 4 feet tall. 

These mares are Aloof, Betterbetterbetter, and Speed Succeeds