The Canvas Horse 2025

Sam Robinson is an Equine Sporting Artist in the tradition of Alfred Munnings, Franklin Voss and many other painters who make horses, hounds and country life their primary subjects. His home and studio are in the Greenspring Valley of north Baltimore County, an easy drive from Maryland’s Hunt Country and the rural courses that host timber racing in the region. He paints in a fluent representational style using gouache field studies and photo references to create his larger studio oils.

Sam is a Signature Member of the American Academy of Equine Art and is the Official Artist for the National Steeplechase Association.

See more of his work at samrobinsonfineart.com

Liz Chomicki is a first generation Canadian equestrian and has been involved with horses for over 20 years. She graduated from Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Ontario, where she honed her skills with countless equine studies. After pursuing other interests, Liz began transitioning into a traditional painter out to portray the horse and rider. She can now be found traveling throughout Canada and the US to capture her own scenic compositions and the stories they tell. Her goal as an artist is to bring together light, color and the composition in harmony with the horse.

Notable gallery exhibitions include the European Museum of Modern Art (Barcelona, Spain), Sotheby's (virtual), National Sporting Library and Museum (Middleburg, VA), and the Master of Foxhounds Association (Middleburg, VA).

See more of Liz’s work at lizchomicki.com

Linda Volrath is a native of Virginia, born and raised in Fairfax and now lives in the Shenandoah Valley. An honor graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia, she went on to study classical fine art at The Art League in Alexandria, VA, the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C., The Fechin Institute, NM and the American Academy of Equine Art, KY. Her painterly oils are recognizable by their distinctive brushwork, dynamic design and expressive color harmony.

Volrath has exhibited nationally with the Oil Painters of America, the Allied Artists of America, NY, and the American Artists Professional League, NY. She is an American Academy of Equine Art Signature Member, where she won the Founders Award for Painting, the Director’s Award, the Jean Bowman Memorial Award, and has served as their national exhibit show judge. She has had gallery representation since 1994, including ten years of representation by The Sporting Gallery, Middleburg, VA, and has had two solo shows. Museum exhibits include the Museum of Hounds & Hunting 2018, and the National Sporting Library & Museum in 2021/2022. She was the Official Artist for the 2022 Montpelier Hunt Races, and the poster artist for the National Sporting Library & Museum 2022 and 2023 Polo Classic.

See more of her work at www.LindaVolrath.com

Peggy Kauffman is a professional artist working in bronze sculpture and pastel painting. What inspires her is tapping into the essence of her subject that will ultimately bring the sculpture or painting to life. She considers this the hallmark of her work.

Her history always involved horses. The fine tuning of her artistic skills consisted of working in sales barns, schooling, competing, and general care. Peggy attended Bennett College with a fine arts major and continued her education at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Her lifelong career influence were the drawings of Paul Brown.

Peggy designed and produced the current year end Maryland Horse Breeders Association Awards trophies and National Steeplechase Association Awards trophies.

Artist Statement:

The art of representational impressionism remains an elusive quest as I aspire for more personal representations of my subjects yet maintaining that aura of realism expected from my work. My more recent work has been consumed with attempts to balance the two.

My inspiration evolves by tapping into that emotional quality that moves the spirit of my subject. If I get lost, I persist and stay with it. Something always manifests. I just keep my faith in the process.

See more of her work at peggykauffman.com