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Adriana Zaefferer, Argentina

“Since I was very young I became devoted to nature, and mad
about horses. The best moment of my life growing up in the
mountain ranges of Argentina, was when local Mapuche friends
found my first horse, a mare. They taught me to ride, through
tiny mountain passages, and sky high to reach the tallest and
most distant rocks.
I grew up with the Mapuches, who would lead me into the Egypt 70 x 90 cm, oil on canvas
unknown. Sometimes we would ride for days, more than a
hundred kilometres, living in the wild. There were moments
of profound communication with nature, with colours of such
intensity, that are for ever imprinted on my mind and in my soul.
Horses are an everyday passion. What fascinates me about
horses is their movements, their action. You never see them
in a vulgar or disagreeable pose. I have spent hours sitting on
the grass, observing them, listening, feeling the tiniest move or
scent. This is the most important part of my story. My paintings
are the inner expression of my love for horses, their action,
their attitude and their form, have always been a most wonderful Cover Picture:
inspiration for me to capture the beauty and the power of the Flooded Land Running Downhill
most aesthetic creature on earth.” Oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm Oil on canvas, 100 x 130 cm