Carousel Horse #1 Canvas Print

The earliest known carousel image is a Byzantine bas-relief from around 500 A.D. More recent makers like Frank Carretta, Gustav Dentzel, and Allan Herschell carved the most exquisite horses in the world, horses with lush waving manes, flared nostrils, dreamy or fiercely competitive eyes, and jeweled harnesses. This is a Philadelphia style horse on a restored, operating carousel.

"The girls say I'm pretty easy; I can be had for most anything with wheels, keels, or terabytes." Dick Harper says. Dick is a contributing columnist for New England’s oldest afternoon daily. He writes trade and general interest articles on consumer issues, cars and boats, manufacturing equipment, and management for small businesses and arts organizations. Oh, yeah. And he takes pictures. A barefoot, outdoor and nature photographer, he has fine art and stock photography from New England, the Atlantic coastal states, Florida, and the American Southwest. "I'm serendipitous," he says. "I'll sit on a site waiting for the superlative sun but I'm just as happy to have a walk around body when I see a speedboat on my street." Click the...