How did I come up with this idea?

My name is Monica Bretschneider, a proud horse owner living near Montreal, Canada. I decided that it was the right time to get this longtime project into the public eye as through the years, like many of you, I felt sorry for all the horses that ended up being sold for meat, euthanized, sometimes just punish for being a 'bad' riding horse. As a horse owner not riding my horse, I was often criticized for throwing my money out the window by maintaining such big animals. It is just when I moved to the country side by purchasing, with my husband at the time, a small hobby farm that some ideas started to take shape. We got involved with the Nevzorov Haute Ecole School from Russia and met on forums horse owner that stopped doing sport or leisure activities with their horses as they learned the damage that could be done to the horse (bit, saddles, training practice, etc..) I got used to interact with my five horses within their paddock in a non-restricted way (no halters, lead rope, etc..)

One day, we got a professional photographer that saw our horses outside and asked if she could take pictures for her portfolio. Our horses were used to being taken in motion or just standing because my husband was documenting is own work with them. So I guess it became a possibility that the horse could take on the role of a live horse model quite easily.

I believe that this project, although live horse art model exist still today in some art school, will put into light a modern aspect of the horse as 'Sentient Being'. If considered 'passive object' in the past, today many countries supports the fact that animals have rights.By creating a worldwide directory of horse owners that can host drawing course with their horses and listing the artists community that supports these activities, I am hoping that this project will save many horses and give an additional option to horse owners on things they can do with their horses.

How will I use the funds?

The funds raised through this campaign will be used to secure weekly hours in building the worldwide horse owner directory and the artist listing. To give assistance to horse owners by the means of free webinars, sharing videos and promoting this activity in the social media realm.

So if you feel drawn by this campaign, don't hesitate to comment, support it, be part of it! I am looking forward to know you, your art and your horses! Together, we can make it happen!