Horses · Quarter Horse
Custom Quarter Horse Portraits, Hand-Painted From Your Photo
We paint Quarter Horse portraits by hand from your photo. Trade pricing applies from one piece, and you approve a digital proof before anything ships.
- Coat
- Short, dense coat
- Common colours
- sorrel, chestnut, bay, black, buckskin, palomino, dun, grey and roan
- Build
- Compact, heavily muscled hindquarters, short head with a small muzzle
- Canvas orientation
- Landscape for the standing profile; portrait or square for a head study
- Detail levels
- Painterly · Refined · Hyperreal
- Minimum order
- 1 piece — retail or trade
On the canvas
Painting a Quarter Horse: what we pay attention to
Quarter Horses are painted for power. The heavily muscled hindquarters, the deep chest, the short, refined head with its small muzzle and wide-set eyes are drawn from your photo at the sketch stage — a side-on conformation photo shows the hindquarters best — and the short, dense coat is painted with strokes that follow the muscle, so the horse looks as solid on the canvas as it does in the arena.
Colour in the breed runs wide. Sorrels and chestnuts are kept warm from copper to red; bays as warm mahogany with black points; palominos as a warm gold with a cream mane and tail; buckskins as tan-gold with black points and a dorsal stripe; duns with their primitive markings painted exactly; roans with the white hairs painted over the base as a soft frosting; greys as soft dapples. All are matched from a daylight photo.
Western tack — a silver-mounted headstall, a saddle, a rider in chaps — is painted from your photos if you want it; many owners prefer the horse plain. A standing profile on a landscape canvas is the breed piece; a cutting or reining study shows the horse at work.
For the trade
Selling Quarter Horse portraits?
Breed-specific portraits are a strong seller for Etsy shops, breed clubs, groomers and gift retailers. Order one at trade pricing, or a set for a shop or a single interior, shipped to you or your customer. The same policies apply to every trade account.
See the trade program| Policy | What we offer |
|---|---|
| Minimum order | 1 piece |
| Trade pricing | Applies from the first piece |
| Capacity | 50+ painters in the studio; volume orders in the thousands, not the dozens |
| Largest single piece | Up to 5 m on the longest side — freight is checked before we quote |
| Ship direct to your customer | Yes, worldwide |
| Branding on the parcel | Yours, ours or none — you tell us |
| Sample policy | Discounted first sample |
| Digital proof | Sent for approval before every shipment |
| Payment | Deposit + balance after proof approval |
| Price list | On request |
Recent work
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Every piece is painted by one painter through eight documented stages — see how we paint.
Quarter Horse portrait FAQ
Can you paint my horse in Western tack?
Yes. A headstall, a saddle, a rider — anything in your photos. Silver-mounted tack and a rider's chaps and hat are painted with the same care as the horse.
How do you paint a palomino or a buckskin?
Palominos as a warm gold with a cream mane and tail, with cool highlights on the sheen; buckskins as a tan-gold with black points and a dorsal stripe if the horse has one. Both are matched from a daylight photo.
Do you paint roans and duns?
Yes. Roans have the white hairs painted over the base colour as a soft frosting, never dotted; duns get their dorsal stripe, leg barring and darker face painted exactly as your horse shows them.
Do you paint from a phone photo?
Yes, as long as it is the original file rather than a screenshot or a photo of a photo. Sharp eyes and even light matter more than the camera. Send it and we will confirm whether it will work.
Can I order a single piece at trade pricing for a client?
Yes. Trade pricing starts from a single piece, and a project — a series for one interior, or a standing monthly order — is quoted the same way. Request the trade price list from the trade page.
Other horses we paint
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Send a photo of your Quarter Horse and tell us the size you have in mind. We reply with a quote and tell you honestly whether the photo will work.
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