"Pleasanton" Watercolor, 22" x 28" $850	"Dun Mare Colt" Pastel $850	"Salinas Rodeo" Watercolor, 21" x 29" $1,250
"The Dowager" Oil, 24" x 20" $1,450		"All in Green..." Pastel, 24" x 18" $850

Bonnie Swart, KA, AAEA Associate

Bonnie was born in 1939 in Shreveport, Louisiana. She and her family later moved to Mill Valley, California where Bonnie attended U.C. Davis. Bonnie later married Carter Swart and raised three daughters and three horses on a small amount of acreage in southern California. During this time, she began a course of art studies which included classes at Ventura College and workshops with a number of accomplished instructors including Jan Kunz, Don Ricks, Willing Herring Donald Putman and Judi Betts.

While helping her husband research thoroughbred racing articles at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association library, she began painting Thoroughbreds and the general racetrack scene. Her work is in the collection of numerous Thoroughbred and Arabian breeders' owners and trainers. Bonnie's paintings have been on the cover of many popular Arabian and Thoroughbred magazines and she was the featured artist in the Fall 1989 edition of Equine Images.

Selected Shows:
Oil Painters of America
AAEA Member Shows
Pastel Society of the West Coast
Pastel Society of New Mexico
Knickerbocker Artist's International Signature Classic
Women Artists of the West
Harness Tracks of America

Selected Collectors:
Julie A. Wrigley, Vice Chair, Arabian Horse Trust
Jack Klugman
Joyce DeWitt
Alan Kirshner, Chairman, Arabian Horse Trust
Judi Betts, AWS