Now you are embarrassing yourself. Do yourself a favor and stop showing your ignorance. You clearly do not know any artists.
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I’m sorry, what? I actually work with artists and spent my formative years in the midst of a very professional artsy environment.
I am not the one showing my ignorance here.
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And with all the huge number of artists you claim to know, you don’t know a single artist who has kept ONE piece of their own work? I don’t believe that.
You are really living up to your name. Of course artists keep some work for themselves. That doesn’t mean that they only give up those they don’t wish to have kept to “look at it.”
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Way to walk it back! 
Take it outside, y’all.
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Please read for comprehension. Not just my posts, but your own! I haven’t “walked back” on a single thing I’ve written.
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My mares were fighting this morning. Not pretty.
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Seriously, y’all - I’ve watched some ridiculous arguments on here, but this has got to be in the top 10.
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Well darn. You think you have someone on ignore, but there they are. Sad.
eta All better now. Glad.
Yes, I know. A friend is an artist and she keeps many of her works, and sells a few as well.
Exactly. Indeed this matter ts not black and white, but to those disagreeing please remember women are not paid equally to their male counterparts. Our society (at least in the US) is still incredibly antiquated. The equine show world even more so. Read the book Solitary by Albert Woodfox or just drive over the speed limit in Saint Louis as black male to understand this last statement.
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Your friend must be exceptionally talented to command such high prices for their work that they are able to afford to keep more than they sell. Congratulations to them!
Same. Engineer at management level here. I’ve experienced and seen A LOT of bias in my lifetime.
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Dressage News . Com has an update.
Parra puts off appearance before FEI, Siri g medical reasons for not answering charges of horse abuse
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Pretty damning re: the US federation.
Jan. 15, 2025
By KENNETH J. BRADDICK
Cesar Parra put off an appearance before the International Equestrian Federation in Switzerland this week citing “medical” reasons for not answering charges of horse abuse a year since the one-time U.S. team rider was provisionally suspended.
At the same time, the former employee primarily responsible for the release of videos displaying extensive abuse has lost legal support that has been paid for over the past year by two private individuals involved in dressage.
The FEI is reported to have indicated that legal involvement may be important in the case against Parra, whose Jupiter, Florida farm 30 miles/48km north of Wellington is for sale while he is located primarily in Mexico. His native Colombia has gone along with the suspension limiting his ability to operate there.
The provisional suspension of Parra began last Feb. 2 after a lengthy compilation of videos were released by Adam Steffens and Sven Smienk. Sven, who rides as a Canadian, had worked for Parra.
A growing number of persons involved in dressage have expressed anger at the attitude of US Federation senior management after declaring a year ago the behavior shown on the videos was
“appalling and abhorrent” and pledged to work with the FEI on “this serious matter.”
While neither Adam nor Sven would comment on the case, friends of the two told dressage-news.com the two have confidence in the FEI legal team and have been well treated by the staff at the headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
However, the US federation is reported to have taken a completely hands-off stance. The US federation chief operating officer is also the general counsel, the official lawyer.
Instead, two American individuals involved in dressage have paid for a lawyer for the past year. Both individuals did not want their names disclosed.
Now, Adam and Sven are reported by friends to be considering bearing the costs of a lawyer to insure the case against Parra proceeds.
Dozens of witnesses are reported to have made statements about Parra to the FEI legal team. Verifying witness statements from across the Atlantic has been time-consuming and has created the long lead time to a formal hearing.
Other horse abuse cases involving prominent competitors have been dealt with relatively promptly, either by national federations or the FEI in the meantime.
Parra competed at the 2004 Olympics, the 2002 and 2006 World Equestrian Games and 2005 World Cup Final for his native Colombia.
He switched to ride for the United States in 2008 and was selected for the American team at the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2014 World Cup Final.
Although reports of abuse by Parra have been widespread for much of the past two decades, the US federation took no action citing a rule that prevents dealing with incidents outside of competition venues. That rule was changed as of Dec. 1, 2024.
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I hope someone starts a GoFundMe for these guys legal costs!
Sounds like Parra is carrying on in Mexico?
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I hope the US Federation grows a backbone and deals with this. The whistle blowers have done their job, now it’s time for this country to step up.
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does Mexico have a reciprocal agreement with the FEI and USEF? Is that part of an agreement of belonging to the FEI?
If you posted that Parra was behaving similarly to Eric Lamaze, that would be a correct comparison, since Eric faked health issues to avoid court and other things. I don’t read this horse forum for political vitriol from either side.
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