arol Huddleston has been involved in the model horse hobby off-and-on since her childhood in the early 70s. She collected Breyers, Marx, Hartland, and even a few Japan horses, and subscribed to such venerable magazines as MHSJ. She loved the creations of artists like Linda Leach, Julie Froelich, and Kathleen Maestas.
Carol drifted away from the hobby during adolescence, and spent the next two decades attending art school, getting married, and moving to the Northwest. She re-discovered model horses after finding them on eBay, where she was amazed by resins and the superb painting and customizing of the talented artists she saw there.
With her fine art background, Carol knew her skills could be translated to miniature equines, so she began collecting resins, painting and customizing in the early 2000s. She has been slowly but steadily creating new work ever since. Her paintwork can be seen here and on her web site, http://www.prairiedreamstudio.com.
A shy and hermit-like workaholic, Carol attends few live shows, but tries to make it to one or two a year if time and money permit.
Photo above: Unnamed Bay blanket Appaloosa mare, customized from the Spinnaker resin sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig. Painted in acrylics, pastel and colored pencil. Completed in 2007.
Name unknown
Palomino tobiano spotted draft mare, customized from the Scarlett Gypsy resin, sculpted by Stacey Tumlinson. Painted in oils with some acrylic detailing. Completed in 2009.
Name unknown
Blue roan/sabino American Saddlebred gelding, customized from the Sarah Rose Mini Indy resin. Painted in acrylics, colored pencil. Completed in 2008.
Name unknown
Dun roan Shetland Pony gelding, customized from the Flitwick resin, sculpted by Morgen Kilbourn. Painted in acrylics, colored pencil, and some oils. Completed in 2008.
Name unknown
Buckskin grade Pony foal, customized from the Imp resin sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig. Painted in oils. Completed in 2008.
Name unknown
Liver flaxen chestnut grade Pony foal, customized from the Spinnaker resin sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig. Painted in acrylics. Completed in 2006.
Elidyr
Smutty palomino Welsh cob stallion, customized from the Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig Daffyd resin. Painted in acrylics. Completed in 2010 as a donation for NAMHSA.
Tang
Chestnut pinto grade lightbreed foal, customized from the Pixie resin sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig. Painted in oils and acrylics. Completed in 2009.
Name unknown
Dappled buckskin tobiano Paint mare, customized from the Victrix resin sculpted by Carol Williams. Painted in oils with some acrylic detailing. Completed in 2008.
Name unknown
Bay blanket Appaloosa Warmblood mare, customized from the Hazel resin sculpted by Morgen Kilbourn. Painted in acrylics and oils. Completed in 2008.
Name unknown
Dapple grey Hanoverian stallion, customized from the Morgen Kilbourn Dinky Duke resin. Completed in 2010.
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