((Left) 45 Seconds (Right) High Desert Classic poster art: Commodore, oil on canvas, 30”x40”. Art and photography by Maya Daniel) When riders and spectators arrive at this year’s Oregon High Desert Classics (OHDC) horse show, they will be welcomed by the striking image of a familiar horse captured mid-jump, a piece created by young artist…
(Los Caballos de la Costa la Luz by Kimry Jelen) Kimry Jelen had an idea. As ideas do, it floated through her mind, ethereal and whispering to her. Kimry is a successful artist, well known in Central Oregon, and whose art enlivens spaces around the world. This idea was for something bigger than she’d ever…
(Kimry Jelen below Invitation, which is hanging in Lakeside Bistro at Black Butte Ranch | Photo courtesy of Kimry Jelen) Kimry Jelen’s artwork has become a defining piece of the Oregon High Desert Classics hunter jumper show. Her brightly colored horses have graced the event’s posters for well over a decade, donated to help J…
(L: Stephen Pellett riding Camera Ready during 2019’s Week 2 Oregon High Desert Classics International Hunter Derby | Photo by Eva Gill, R: Hang Time by Kimry Jelen) When Kimry Jelen was young she dreamed of being an artist and horse trainer, and her father gave her the standard advice of the time: Those are…
