ALL WORK MINUS THE GLORY (barrel Racer) The Barrel racer. A talent, art, exercise, and tremendous hard work. In my OWN opinion, barrel racers should get more appreciation for the great performance that they do. Barrel racers, perform under a large amount of stress. Screaming hundreds of pounds of hoof pounding horses around barrels in dust filled arenas. The only recognition received is from a few clowns, cowpokes , the hot dog vendor and the horse they love with great passion. I myself dont attend to many Rodeos because I have a soft heart for how animals are treated, and there are some events that I dont care for. But I think it would be wonderful if someday, these hard working cowgirls, and cowboys get a little more respect than what they do in the world of sports. In this painting I tried very hard to get the details of how well the animal and its rider perform as a team. Team work is major, for a good score as any other sport. The rider must first watch below the knees. If you know a barrel racer, I'm sure they can show you some good scars below the knees. From start to finish the racer and the horse work hoof in hand as a team, both know what they must do and the love to not let each other down is the strength of how animal and man can work and love together. I worked hard to get the stressing details in her eyes as she is cautious to watch her timing with the horse and her knee caps. This painting has a lot of detail and Ive made the sky very active to fold in with the horse and rider to give an even flow of the painting.