Available Works

All work is available through the artist unless otherwise listed.

For prices contact Rachel at:
402-591-1911
rachel.l.brownlee@gmail.com

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Man of the Mist

18 x 24
2023
Charcoal
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Got No Quit

20 x 20
2023
Charcoal
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Some days just require a horse that never gives up. When he's tired, he still runs, he still pulls, he still dodges. The sweat is matted and dried and foamy, but he does everything you ask of him. This piece is in honor of those horses.

Tough Cookie

20 x 30
2023
Charcoal
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Young kids grow up in the ranching/western lifestyle and learn to work at an early age. Often they are a better hand at age 11 than most adults! My nephew Royal was model for this piece, though he is hardly a model because I just snapped a photo of him going about his daily work.

Quiet Professional

21 x 30
2023
Charcoal
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Bits and bridles are usually thought of as the control of a horse, but at a certain point they are just communication tools between two partners working together. This piece celebrates that relationship.

Pert Opinions and Fine Eyes

12 x 18
2023
Charcoal
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Purchase $2,700

Peace

20 x 26
2023
Charcoal
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Purchase $7,150

​Horses have always been my favorite to draw. They were the first and main thing that inspired me to pick up a pencil as a child. Their bright eyes; pointy, expressive ears; shiny muscles; flowing tails;  and unique personalities make them a favorite of artists world wide. They are herd animals and are usually bunched up in heat, or cold, or wind, or flies, or just socially. I loved doing this piece with different personalities, conformations, and hair colors.

Sufficient for the Day

18 x 24
2022
Charcoal on cotton paper
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Purchase $5,900

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:24
Aesthetically, I love this piece for the calm it shows. Here is a working horse, a well trained horse as evidenced by the tack, and here he is, all dressed for work, but without a bridle and grazing hobbled.
It is another image of working life seldom seen, the waiting part of work!
It is a relatively small piece, but I still wanted to focus on the beautiful details in the horse's hair and the tack. The lighting is bright, but undefined. I barely used a brush on this piece which is a rarity for me now. In fact, I hardly blended the charcoal on this piece. So much of it was so specific that I just drew it on and left it with minimal layering.
​This piece was such a pleasure to do.

Hot Pursuit

33 x 19
2022
Charcoal
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Purchase $7,500

The body language of young horses is so different from that of older experienced horses. It was a pleasure to work on a more dynamic scene with body language, muscles, and speed!

Unwanted Hours

23 x 36
2022
Charcoal
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Purchase $10,350

The invisible, unwanted hours of the day, those before dawn usually, provide the foundation upon which much visible success is built. Hardworking people, in agriculture and otherwise, exert their efforts in the dark, using hours that many people don't even know exist or ever have intention to use.

Welcome Dawn

32 x 25
2022
Charcoal
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Purchase $9,900

R.E. Lamble and his horse Missy graced us with their presence at our branding again this year. Some people grow into the land and animals over their lifetime and they reflect the land; how it moves and acts. Their body language and movement reflects the softness, or hardness, of the land they've spent their life on. R.E. ropes gracefully and with fewer motions than most of the people around him. Missy doesn't waste a step. They are a team sculpted in time.

The Fencing Rig

43 x 29
2022
Charcoal
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Purchase $19,000

This saddle was built between 1914 and 1930 in Alliance, Nebraska by Newberry custom saddles. It was a custom piece commissioned by someone with the initials E.P.H., but that individual's identity is lost to history. My grandfather bought this saddle used, left it to my dad, and now is in use by my sister. Growing up it meant a lot to me because I thought it was so historical and so fancy. Neither of those may be the case, but it has served many generations faithfully and stands a symbol of truly living in a saddle.
Note the fencing pliers and fencing staple bag. This saddle was used daily for moving cattle, but also for fixing any broken fence along the way.

Established

29 x 38
2022
Charcoal
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Purchase $13,700

One of my prayers for my artwork and my general life is that God would "establish the work of my hands" because so often we can work so hard at something and feel it slip between our fingers. So it is the same with ranching; a lifetime spent building for another generation. I encourage you to pray that God would let your work be established and not in vain.
"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!" Psalm 90:17

Rise and Shine

29 x 29
2022
​Charcoal and acrylic
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Purchase $10,500

​“Rise and Shine” depicts a young man and his horse, youthful in time, but skilled through experience. The sun is just rising on their lives, but they are “old hands” at their jobs. The focus of the piece is meant to be the man’s hands holding the rope with such practiced habit and his horse attentively awaiting his command.

Eight Days

8 x 14
2021
​Charcoal
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Available through the AQHA America's Horse in Art Show, August 2023

This piece has a custom frame by Montgomery Framing in Tempe, Az. It was framed with museum quality UV protecting plexiglass.

Vertical Reality Versions 1 & 2

21 x 13
2021
​Charcoal

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This isn't a common style for my previous work, but I was so struck by our corral at sunset with the uneven posts reaching into the sky and the unsettling amount of curvature in the supposedly straight metal pole fence.
​So many times in life, and in artwork we have a perception about something in our head and it isn't accurate to life. If asked to draw a corral I would draw a straight fence, perhaps curving with the land, but that would not account for time and animals wearing on the fence. 
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Old Fathers

22 x 28
2021
Charcoal
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Not every horse is considered attractive, but a storied life is beautiful. This piece celebrates the horses that have spent their life serving humanity in many ways. I love the different textures of hair on these two horses; all the way from downy soft, to wiry and hard. If you have ever pet an old Clydesdale you know the range of texture in your hand.

Cloud Rising

20 x 30
2021
​Charcoal

Available

This was an experimental piece on several fronts and I learned a lot from it that I now use in many of my pieces.