Edmond exhibit gives lesson in horse habits
An artist who believes that horses and other animals “are messengers in life” has a show at the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, 27 E Edwards.
Jennifer Cocoma Hustis gives us a loving lesson in the habits of horses, and what we can learn from them, in the Edmond exhibit.
The side of a running horse, with red, white and blue markings, fills the picture in front of stars in her largest acrylic, “The Patriot.”
Much smaller, but energy filled, is her pastel of a “Lead Stallion,” pawing the air with a raised leg, ready “to battle an older stallion.”
Capturing the “Universal Incite” of matriarchal equine life, is her acrylic of a colt nuzzling its mother, while she rests her head on the colt’s father.
A pair of understated works on paper portray two colts receiving “Nurture” as they follow a mare, and two horses running away in “Flight.” More expressive are works on paper depicting the “Content” of one horse, the readiness to “Charge” of another and a third horse baring its teeth.
REVIEW Jennifer Cocoma Hustis exhibit
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays through Dec. 21.
Where: Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, 27 E Edwards.
Information: Call 340-4481, or go to www.edmondfinearts.com.
Horses of many colors crowd together in a pastel, which shows them trying to acquire higher status in the “Hierarchy” of the herd.
Also on view are naively appealing works from a 2018 book the artist wrote and illustrated, “The Wild Horse Who Loved the Girl.”
The solo show runs through Dec. 21.