All the Pretty Horses
They will all be here, an amazing herd of amazing, life size horses grazing around the Titanic Museum Attraction in Branson, Missouri. Courtesy of Rachel Wilson, amazing artist/sculptor who has generously agreed to display her creations throughout the month of July at our museum. Rachel Wilson stumbled into this medium, having worked mainly with paint and canvass when her husband jokingly suggested she create something from the hedge branches they were gathering up one day on their 40,000 acre ranch in Avilla, Missouri, “It would cost less than painting supplies.”
First Class Maid Jaynee and Rachel Wilson pose in front of one of Rachel's Horse Sculptures
So she did, she did just that. And what became a jest, a dare, became one of the most outstanding collections of creative ingenuity in the United States. Rachel is tiny, delicate, with strawberry, light brown hair, Alice Blue eyes, and a peaches and cream complexion. Not the type you would cast as a gritty, life size, media artist. These hedge branches, though pliable, are tough as wire; Rachel bends and twists these branches into the image of horses, 16 hands high. They have flaring nostrils, deep recesses for eyes, some have flying manes and tails, and some are grazing, or prancing. Rachel says she does not name her masterpieces until they are complete and they come to life, then she christens each equine with a name. Rachel, a Mother of four and an active participant with her husband in managing a huge ranch, started as a teen with her artistic expression, she ultimately won scholarships and is still pursuing her work as an artist, and since the advent of the horses, Rachel has become quite a name in the Art World. And we at Titanic are so lucky to have her work displayed on our property. It will be interesting to see how much traffic will jam when we put these beauties up for the July first opening.
Titanic's Horse Sculpture Exhibit beginning July 1st
Of course it makes perfect sense to have an artistic display featured at our Titanic Museum Attraction. After all in 1912 when the R.M.S. Titanic set sail she was thought of as a floating palace. Titanic was filled with the finest paintings, sculptures, stained glass, rod iron work, the art of her architecture alone set her above all other ocean liners. Her passenger list was filled with the art collectors of the day, two passengers, among others, were world renowned artists. Paul Chevre, a French sculptor, and Francis Millet, landscape artist, portrait painter and illustrator. The protagonist, Jack Dawson, from James Cameron’s movie, “The Titanic”, was an aspiring artist and we certainly appreciated his drawing of Rose. Rachel’s work could find no better place to be displayed then at our museum; of course I am prejudiced and simply can’t wait to see them up close. Horse lovers will appreciate the reality displayed in her work, it’s really quite incredible.
I personally love Rachel’s story. A woman with the strength and tenacity to pursue her dreams, and then to create such a strong exhibit that seems to reflect her roots and her life. All this in such a small, pretty package. Perfect.
Like the song lyric from Wildfire:
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
Well, she’s coming down from Avilla, Missouri and I’ll be right there to greet Rachel, her horses, and you.
First Class Maid, Jaynee
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