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10.00" x 7.50"
Approaching the Starting Gate Poster
Regular Price: $27.35
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Approaching the Starting Gate poster by Mary Helmreich. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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This is a romance between the jockeys and the escorts, and between the stallions and the mares, on their way to the starting gate at the Del Mar... more
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Wenhui Luwenhui
August 11th, 2024
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The print is of decent quality. But it is a lot less vivid than the painting. With this painting being so dark, the print wasn't able to convey the subtle contract between the background and the bottle and barrel. I was kind of disappointed.
Jared Feuer
August 11th, 2024
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Great image!
Charlie Beilke
August 10th, 2024
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Was supposed to 8x 10 picture with out counting border
Mark Sirianni
August 9th, 2024
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Met expectations on shipping speed and quality.
Mark Sirianni
August 9th, 2024
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Good product. Met expectations.
Mark Sirianni
August 9th, 2024
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Looks great. Product arrived fast and quality was as expected
Artist's Description
This is a romance between the jockeys and the escorts, and between the stallions and the mares, on their way to the starting gate at the Del Mar racetrack in California.
About Mary Helmreich
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Mary Helmreich was born in 1945 near Boston, Massachusetts. Her talent was recognized early, when at age nine she won a prize for portraiture, competing against high school students. At twelve she attended a summer art program at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. In the eleventh grade she studied under Sidney Hurwitz at the De Cordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and at the Cummington School of the Arts in the Berkshires. At Bard College New York from 1963-1964 she majored in Sculpture taught by Harvey Fite and Fine Art by Anton Refregier. She continued her studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from 1964-1965 under the tutelage of Robert Grady and Andreas Feininger. Toward the end of 1965 she traveled to London and...
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Alex Mir
Wonderful horse racing painting, Mary! L/f
Sunil Kapadia
Congratulations!
Lucia Stewart
Congratulations on your sale!
Claudia Ellis
Congratulations on your sale!
David Stasiak
Congratulations!
David Godbolt
I so admire your watercolour technique Mary, great composition and treatment of light!.....l/f
Karen Fonda
Hi Mary, Such beautiful work, I love the horse racing paintings the most. The detail is just so life-like!
Yamini Khare
Absolutely wonderful watercolor!
Dominique Amendola
Absolutely lovely! You make your watercolors sing! L&F!
Joe Zachariah
Very natural. Love this painting.
Bob Botha
Great watercolor!
Mary Helmreich replied:
Appreciate your kind words. Mary
BORIS REYT
great works, Mary
Xueling Zou
a wonderful painting, Mary! You really captured the movement well! Thanks for your comment on my "2D Elements in Black and White"!
Terry Perham
hi mary, i like the strong effect of sunlight in this fine w/c. nice work, terry