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Born in Washington, D.C. in 1950, and
raised in Maryland's hunt country, Lynn Wade was a
professional horse woman for over 20 years before
becoming a full-time artist. Her knowledge of horses is
extensive: She dissected them while attending Virginia's
Morven Park International Equestrian Institute, served
in the hunt field as a Whipper-In, managed large
boarding facilities on both coasts and began competing
with her own hunter/jumpers at age six.
Her horse career has included 'ponying' race horses at
Santa Anita, teaching up to 150 riding students per week
and breaking yearlings at a Florida Thoroughbred farm.
She was co-owner/creator of the official dressage saddle
of the 1984 British Olympic Team and has had over a
dozen articles published in such worldwide equine
magazines as Polo and Equus.
2011
Nationally known as an animal portraitist and magazine
illustrator, Lynn's work has garnered five nominations
for Best Drawing of the Year, (the American Horse
Publications Awards), has won a Masterwork Award at an
AAEA show and been a finalist, twice, in the annual
Artist's Magazine competition which had nearly 14,000
entries. She authored and contributed artwork to the
book "The AAEA Sketchbook of Horses" published by Equus.
Teaching the
1998 AAEA "Back to the Basics" (the blonde
days!) at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington.
Lynn's work has been juried into national shows
at:
Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs
The Museum of Hounds and Hunting
The National Dog Museum
The Pastel Society of America
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
National Arts Club in New York
International Museum of the Horse
Signing the AAEA book at the
International Museum of the Horse... from left to right,
Werner Rentsch, James Crow,
Lynn Wade and Sam Savitt.
Lynn
is a signature member of
the Society of Animal Artists. |
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