South Dakota Arts Council

South Dakota Arts Council

Pierre, SD

The SDAC is a state government grantmaking agency supported by the State of South Dakota, through the Dept. of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Lakna by Susan Hartenhoff Image: “Lakna is a Choctaw stallion at the Black Hills Horse Sanctuary. Only 300 Choctaw ponies are left in the world. Inscribed over the painting is an Indian story of a trader called Little Crow. The story starts in the center and spirals outwards to the end. I have a strong attraction to warmbloods and European horses because of the power they convey that contrasts the softness in their eyes. Sometimes the background becomes part of the horse and the horse emerges from the canvas.”
“Lakna is a Choctaw stallion at the Black Hills Horse Sanctuary. Only 300 Choctaw ponies are left in the world. Inscribed over the painting is an Indian story of a trader called Little Crow. The story starts in the center and spirals outwards to the end. I have a strong attraction to warmbloods and European horses because of the power they convey that contrasts the softness in their eyes. Sometimes the background becomes part of the horse and the horse emerges from the canvas.”
  • Susan Hartenhoff
  • Lakna, 2016
  • Oil paint on canvas
  • Framed: 36 x 36 in (91.44 x 91.44 cm)

Collection: Art For State Buildings x

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Susan Hartenhoff spent the first 27 years of her life in South Dakota, where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts. She moved to Phoenix, AZ, and started her career as an artist with Phoenix Art Group for nine years before becoming a full-time artist on her own. After 25 years in Arizona, her yearning for open places and the land she grew up in began to pull at her so she and her family moved back to South Dakota and now live on an acreage in the country with horses again. Susan has a vast portfolio of varied accomplishments including work included in collections around the world. She works out of her studio in Garretson, SD.

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