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“Under Starter’s Orders,” a painting by Jean Bowman, one of the nation’s finest equine artists, is featured in promotional materials for the 68th running of the classic Gold Cup steeplechase race.
The painting depicts last year’s Virginia Gold Cup riders positioning their horses as dramatic tension mounted seconds before the starter’s flag was dropped.
A Middleburg resident, the artist’s works have been featured on magazine covers both in America and Europe.
Her incredible talent has been nurtured by a lifetime of dedication to perfection in the field of fine art, especially that of horses, their friends and their surroundings.
Her work shows her knowledge of horses, from their bone structure and muscles, through the graceful power that draws people to them.
Bowman’s work has been commissioned by notable collectors and represented in the collections of
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