New plan

I have two long shelves of unpainted resins gathering dust in my basement.

Not all of them, not even close

At one point, I thought I would paint them myself, but that didn't work out so well. Then I started sending them to Tiffany, which worked a lot better, at least for me. Unfortunately, I have too many horses for any single artist, even one as bribe-able prolific as Tiffany. I made a few sporadic attempts to cultivate another painter, but I have champagne taste on a beer budget. Finding someone with open books whose work I liked and could afford seemed like an impossible task. After awhile, I kind of gave up on it...

Still not all of them, still not close

but that didn't stop from adding new horses to the shelf!

This has become a source of frustration to me, so when Dolittle arrived last month, I decided to try something different. 

Instead of adding her to the basement collection, I spent a couple days researching artists with open books and beer budget prices. I knew what color I wanted her to be, so I focused on painters who had good examples of mealy bay in their portfolios. In the end, I decided to go with Angelica Nelson.

This was a leap of faith for me, because I'd never seen Angelica's work in person.

Fortunately, it worked out perfectly. 

I could not be more pleased with my new little pony girl.

Who knew the solution to my unpainted resin problem was this simple? I think I'm going to go downstairs and choose another resin to send to another painter!

Thank you, Angelica, not just for the pony, but also for restoring my faith in new-to-me painters!

P.S. Cute pony needs a cute name. All suggestions are welcome.