About Holly Gordon

I customize model horses. This includes resculpting and repainting Breyer and Peter Stone horses, as well as painting chinas and artist resins. I sell my completed horses and commission slots at a discount on eBay under my seller ID hollyg. I accept custom orders/commissions. Please check my bookings page to see when my next openings are. Thanks to all of you who have inquired about my services. If you would like to join my announcement list, just email me at hollygordon@sweetwatercreations.com

I've spent most of my life with horses (and many other critters!). My love of horses began very early and I never seemed to really outgrow that love. I have also always loved art and reading. If I wasn't riding, I was reading or drawing. I'll include a photo of a pastel piece I did when I was 13. My mediums of choice growing up were pastels, pencils/charcoal, watercolors and acrylic paints. Oil paints were off limits, as I was also a natural born klutz!

In 1984, I moved from Illinois to Arizona (Phoenix area) to be with my hunny, leaving my beloved mare behind. Hubby always promised that someday we would buy acreage and I could once again own a horse. In 2002, we relocated to the White Mountains of Arizona and purchased that land. 19 years later.....FINALLY! Below is a picture of me and my son, Charlie, on Nocona. Nocona is a partbred (Mustang/Arab/QH) gelding. He was bred on a nearby Native American Reservation. I hear tell that the free range bred horses have an Arabian stallion introduced to the herds.

    During that long agonizing time of being without a horse, I concentrated on my art and collecting and showing Breyer Horse models, with a few Hagen-Renakers here and there. Seeing all the gorgeous and unaffordable customs (r/r/h way back when!), I decided to try my hand at painting a model horse. I still have the first one that came out half way decent, done in 1991. It is a portrait model of Kid's horse Katie on The Young Riders.

    And the rest is history. I was hooked. I enjoy customizing immensely and learn a new trick or technique almost daily. Most of my horses are done in acrylics with a professional quality airbrush. I also do hand painted details (eyes, hooves, nostrils) and an occasional totally hand painted horse. I am dabbling in the art of pastel painting but not finding enough time to really concentrate practicing.

    I have many interests and hobbies. Click the highlighted words to read about some of these obsessions! I love the Monkees (Micky and Peter have always been my favorites); crafts including crocheting with a variety of yarns, sewing barbie doll clothes and soft-sculpture dolls like bears and bunnies, and beadwork; gardening of which I am slowly learning (I'd like to add a rose bush and some climbing vines this year); animals of all types (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, chickens); penpalling and reading.