Marcy Grennan Anzelon came to painting horses only recently, but her
passion for the endeavor is helping her make up for lost time. The subjects of her
earliest commercial works were most often gardens, architecture, flags and the
ocean. A showing of such works at Penelope’s in the Los Angeles area’s La
Canada was well received, and shortly after that Marcy had the idea of adding
horses to her serene beach scenes.
       She hadn’t studied much equine art at that point and later realized that
horses on the beach was well-traveled territory. Although it wasn’t an original
concept, the idea had the significant upside of leading Marcy to her current life
with horses.
       Initially, she drew from books to add horses to her beach landscapes. “That
didn’t work because I really didn’t know what I was looking at.” Although Marcy had
dreamed of riding horses throughout her life, fear had kept her from doing it. The
desire to understand equines better as an artist was the nudge she needed to
overcome her fears and begin riding lessons.
       Marcy inherited her love for horses from her father. “My dad, who was my
greatest and most treasured mentor and fellow artist, had studied and worked with
horses at different times in his life,” she explains. “He was the one person I could
talk to and laugh and cry with about the journey of creating art. He died in May of
2004. This quest was something I could do with him even though he wasn’t here
anymore.
       “I wanted to just be around horses, to learn about their nature, to see the
spirit, to feel the joy of the nickering, beautiful animal that welcomes one into their
space,” Marcy continues.
       Marcy lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband Mark and their three
sons, Corey, Danny and Todd.

Article from California Riding Magazine