Whenever I write about equine artist Virginia Orison, I get a lot of positive feedback in the model horse community. Most of it comes from hobbyists of A Certain Age, who are old enough to remember seeing Orison's work advertised in magazines like Western Horseman, and lamenting the fact that, as children, they couldn't afford to buy one of her horse figurines.
So I thought I should share this article by Lane Stanaway Christian that appeared in the April 1957 issue of Arabian Horse News. It provides us with more details about the artist's personal life, along with photos of some of her work, including a rare charcoal drawing by Orison of an Arabian mare.
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Here are my other posts about Virginia Orison:
https://modelhorsehistory.blogspot.com/2019/10/illuminating-model-horse-hobby-history.html
https://modelhorsehistory.blogspot.com/2019/02/ahead-of-her-time-equine-artist.html
https://modelhorsehistory.blogspot.com/2019/10/more-on-sculptor-virginia-orison-horse.html
https://modelhorsehistory.blogspot.com/2023/03/more-on-model-horse-artist-virginia.html
