Diamond Heart

Diamond Heart

Artist Resin Custom (paintjob by Clémence de Casanove) on "Barely Jolie". Painted in 2022/2024 and sculpted by Kylee Parks. 

Colour: Chestnut, Leopard Pattern // Breed: Sugarbush Draft.

Gender: Mare.

Calendars are here! - LOW STOCK

Got them in hand and they are really great!

Extra copies available for $17 + shipping. Ready to ship (limited quantity)!

-Sent me a mail ( coldruru@gmail.com ) with the number of calendar wished + shipping country.

-Shipping is $14 for international (every country that isn't France)

-You pay via paypal goods & service (so you're protected).

Content, 13 modelhorse pictures (cover inclued, picture was choosen by popular vote):

I've put all my love in the layout and I hope you'll truly like it! 💖

 

More about the Calendar Project... (2025)

Every artists (sculptor, painters) and every places will be listed in the calendar.
I've made a great selection of pictures, that show all I love the most... moody, gloomy, misty... mountains, water and a bit of architecture too ;)
I believe this selection really show what's best in my pictures and I hope you'll like it!

 

2025 Calendar at pre-order price, it's now!

Pre-Order price is $15 + Shipping Fees - You've until the end of the month to place your pre-order (so september 30).

Regular price after pre-order will be $17.

How does it works to pre-order?
-Sent me a mail ( coldruru@gmail.com ) with the number of calendar wished + shipping country.
-Shipping is $14  with tracking for international (every country that isn't France)
-You pay via paypal goods & service (so you're protected).
-The calendar will be shipped to you as soon as it's printed.

Thank you everyone for your interest! 💖And if you'd like to help me, feel free to share the new!! 

 

Every picture have a story (at least, brings memories)...

January

Friendly Ghost

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Danielle Feldman. Model sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig.

Who ever dreamed of taking a picture of Stormwatch into a storm? This picture taken at le Fanget, mountain pass (French Alps) certainly is one of my most impressive of him. I remember that moment when the cloud came over us, envelopping the scenery in a misty and blurry snow delight. I was feverish as I snapped the picture.
This exact feeling is still the same today as I look at this, and I believe it's a great way to start a year!

February

GrassHopper
Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Laurence Cassin. Model sculpted by Brigitte Eberl.

 

My love for castle life in one picture. We were shooting another shirtless torso calendar with my friend Clémentine, wich means I was staying at the castle she lives in (she's renting an appartment there, as it's more and more usual in France - location: Yonne department). On the morning, I saw the grass was frosted and immediately feeled the urge to goes outside and picture it... It wasn't easy as frost melt quickly and setting a modelhorse picture take time... but I got it! Right in time.

I truly loves the fierce glance of that specific horse (he's made for castles) and the warm tone of the castle with the cold tone of the frosty morning. Definely a day I'm not regretting to have waken up early (yes, I confess... I'm not a morning person).

February beeing the coldest month of the year (at least, here) I believe this is the perfect picture to illustrate it.

March

 

Daylight

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Coralie Journoud. Model sculpted by Morgen Kilbourn.

Nora Creina

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Coralie Journoud. Model sculpted by Brigitte Eberl.

Cascading water... such a hard thing to capture... but I never let difficulty stops me. I had luck, we got lots and lots of rains, wich helped this usually small trickle of water to looks like something eye-catching. Our mountains (French Alps) are usually dry, it's a mediteranean climate here, so that amonth of water is rare.
I wanted a bold scene with horses watering themselves and I'm pretty happy with the result.
You can see the promess of warmer days in the colours, even if the feeling remains cold, wich makes it a perfect picture for march!

The motivated photographer takes off her skirt and goes into water!

 April

Poltergeist
Artist Resin Custom paintjob by HWCS. Model sculpted by Jennifer Scott.

 

More water, warmer feeling... beautiful tones of the North Sea!
Jacques Brel sing the northern sea in le plat pays (song wich describe poetically my country, Belgium):

Avec la mer du nord comme dernier terrain vague (=with the northern sea as least wasteland / in fact this sentence doesn't work in english as the french word "vague" also means "wave" and it's a wordplay)
Et des vagues de dunes pour arrêter les vagues (=and waves of dunes to stop the waves / he plays with the french word "vague")
Et de vagues rochers que les marées dépassent, (=and unclear rocks that the tides exceed / "vague" also means unclear, still playing with that word)
Et qui ont à jamais le coeur à marée basse. (=And who forever have their heart at low tide.)

Yes, I've always Belgium in my heart and I believe I need to show a place from there in every calendar. Here's the one for this year... I'm a child from the north even if I now life in the south.

 

May

 

Love Me Right

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Clémence de Casanove. Model sculpted by Sheila Bishop.

Aisling
Doll by Zjakazumi Doll, clothed by Mélanie Touchard.

Another castle, but this one is private. It's a very typical one, with a soutern architecture (French Alps). You'll have the location in the calendar pages, but I will not write it on the blog.
My mom BF used to work there, in fact he lived on site, so I was lucky to gets there a few time and really wanted to picture it with modelhorse... but... the whole castle is on several narrow terraces, and it gave me a hard time as it lacks of space for proper modelhorse pictures. I found this angle very life-alike and different from what I usually do, because I had to be ingenious to have it.
The blue sky and overall warm feeling is perfect for may.

Here's a picture of me in the castle pool, it might help you vizualise what I say about how the whole thing is staged. You can refers to the tower, wich is on both pictures.

June

 

 Amira

Artist Resin Custom paintjob&modifications by Sue Kern. Model sculpted by Brigitte Eberl.

Cloud of dust. With that exceptionnal sand colours in the ochres of Rustrel's Colorado. It's in France, however... in Provence to be more precise.

Thoses are old ochre quarry. Ripping open the earth to tear away the precious pigments, declining a thousand colors and giving birth to landscapes with fantastic shapes... wich remind of the far west.

You can visit the ochre of Roussillon on horseback (with a guide), but saddly I've never been able to brings Amira there. At least, I've got model-Amira to fulfill some of my ochre dreams. That's what this hobby is for me: giving me the opportunity to pictures horses in fabulous places with my own ways.

Amira's birthday is in june, so she's the perfect model for this month (isn't it?).

July

 

Daylight

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Coralie Journoud. Model sculpted by Morgen Kilbourn.

I didn't went far for this picture, as it's actually la Blanche , river that flows at the bottom of my garden-field. In summer, when I have the horses at home, I brings them in for a refreshing time.

I immediately saw the Xlurpie resin as a challenge for me, outdoor modelist photographer, and founding watery place for her is my own challenge now. My Daylight model already have spilled ink (because of it's outsanding paintjob) and I love every pictures I've taken of her. In this one, you truly found again the light and feeling of a hot july afternoon, in the fresh shade of the river.

August

 

Familiar Fox's Grapes

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Kimberly Bleecker. Model sculpted by Emilia Kurila.

 

The hot water sources of Guillestre (French Alps),... my favorite playground. This picture was taken the day I discovered this magical place and I immediately felt in love with it... how not to?
When I goes on photoshooting, I always pick my horses randomly... how to believe this picture wasn't planned on purpose? Well it's true.

With years, this place have changed, vegetation have grown and this specific picture with it's lunar feeling would be more difficult to archieve, so I'm really glad to have got it the first time. Perfect colours for august!

 Thank to my mom who took me so many times on tour to show me places for my modelhorses!

September

 

 

Honeymoon

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Frances Steven. Model sculpted by Stacey Tumlinson.

 

I still need to relate my trip to la côte de Granite Rose (pink granite coast, in english) on this blog - it will be worth it (but maybe, if you follow my social media, you've got a hint). Truly one of the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Got it's name from the pink granite of the cliffs, and you can see it pretty well on this picture. What an incredible color! What an incredible place! Also it's probably the farest in France from where I do lives so it was quite exotic for me.

This calendar show you my two favorite sea places, both very very far from my mountains. As it remind of summer, but with the gloomy looks of Brittany, I choose it for september.

 October

 

 

Pumpkin

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by HWCS. Model sculpted by Stacey Tumlinson.

 

This picture. This. Specific. Picture...
Probably one of my ever forever favorite of all time. Everything is perfect to my eye there. Light, colours, dynamism... that place overall... that horse overall...

I'm not going to wrote a book about what I feel, but it's overwhelming. I still can't believe I archieved this.

"Le pré de Mme Carle" is in the heart of the Ecrin National Park (French Alps).

The place got it's name from a local story about Mrs Carle that incured some jealousy and especially from her husband. He decided to thirst her mule for a few days (yes the story mention a mule, not a horse). Then when Mrs Carle got with her husband, riding, the poor thisty mule pounced in the stream and Mrs Carles dismounted and drown into it.

Got back there in 2023, and the picture with the Lucius resin was taken at the same place!

November

 

Spotify

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Eva Rossiter. Model sculpted by Eva Rossiter.

GrassHopper
Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Laurence Cassin. Model sculpted by Brigitte Eberl.

 

Autumn in full swing... when the autumn colours are still here, but the first snow add contrast.
I took this picture on la Blanche's road (French Alps),  one of the place with the most beautiful autumn trees I know. It's pretty easy, as it's the main road to get from my lost mountains to civilisation, so I admire it every fall, wishing to took the time to picture it. It was done last year, finally and here's the result.

I'm always impressed by how many time you can plan to do something and how many years it can took to actually do it.

 

December

 

Monstera Deliciosa

Artist Resin Custom paintjob by Chris Flint. Model sculpted by Chris Flint.

This is the view from le Grand Puy, ski ressort (French Alps). The one I saw last winter, as I was working there (in alternance). Seeing this all day long, for weeks, really is inspiring. I had to do something.
This horse was my christmas present from me to me, and I took it immediately with me at work around that time, planning pictures on the evening after work (and praying for snow not to melt). I got so lucky not only snow was perfect, but weather too with thoses misty mountain top.

 

 

This specific ski station, is probably going to close because of the lacks of snow from thoses past years... it become harder and harder to have it white enought... then I'm proud to have captured the whole place in a white blanket!

 

 

 

What's a Christmas without snow?

 

 

And that's all I have to said, it was pretty much a lot isn't it?
So if you want to spent a year with my pictures (and all the beautifuls places it depict) don't be shy to sent me a mail ;)

2025 Calendar - Pre-Order! - Closed

Last year was a success, so I've decided to print a Calendar for 2025 too ;)

Every artists (sculptor, painters) and every places will be listed in the calendar.
I've made a great selection of pictures, that show all I love best... snowy or dry... mountains, water and a bit of architecture too ;)
I believe this selection really show what's best in my pictures and I hope you'll like it!

2025 Calendar at pre-order price, it's now!

Pre-Order price is $15 + Shipping Fees - You've until the end of the month to place your pre-order (so september 30).

Regular price after pre-order will be $17.

How does it works to pre-order?
-Sent me a mail ( coldruru@gmail.com ) with the number of calendar wished + shipping country.
-Shipping is $14 with tracking for international (every country that isn't France)
-You pay via paypal goods & service (so you're protected).
-The calendar will be shipped to you as soon as it's printed.

Thank you everyone for your interest! 💖And if you'd like to help me, feel free to share the new!! 

 

 

 

Chromatic

Last month, on instagram I did a few days of intense posting around the thema "Chromatic"!
I know, it exclude white, black & grey but I needed to fill the gap. So it's all color-even those who aren't board. All natural colors, of course...

Do you like that thema as much as me?

Sky

Last month, on instagram I did a few days of intense posting around the thema "Sky"!
Probably the moment you realize how much I prefer cloudy skies over sunny days... but well, that's part of my identity isn't it?

Do you like that thema as much as me?

I really, really love this collection of blue shades... and I hope you loved the mystical touch added to it.

Every picture was related to another... it was like a game.

Horses & Frames

Could you imagine that a horse could need to be desensitized to a frame?
Well I admit, I'm so used to Amira who's OK for everything, that I didn't.

But this frame was so huge, this mare wasn't sure about it...

Luckily, I wasn't alone and we took the time to show her the problematic thing...

But still, that mare wanted to check it was safe, it took a few try before she accept it.

First horse that now isn't affraid of frames anymore? 😂

Amira doesn't feared the big frame, she couldn't care less... always the best in every situation. And that's a good point, because this time I hadn't someone extra to help me handling the horse & frame together.

 

 

Wise and ready for every fantasy, that's my mare! Guess why I love her so much...

What do you think? Would your horse be like the first one or like Amira?

Glamour shots & more info on thoses drawings on my previous post!
Hope you liked this ;)

Jungle Fever! (lot of things to read)

 Hi everyone!

I've started this blog in 2016 and since, I've done my best to share with you my pictures and stories...
This year, now it's a tradition, I've drawn 2 greetings cards, that you can feel free to buy to support me!

With rampant AI, I feel more than ever the need to share my art and have it appreciated.
I draw with my heart, I fight for it to be recognized and to earn my life with it.
I'm currently in a bad mood, because it's hard. Thoses days are hards, on many levels for everyone. But I don't want to loose the fight and I hope that thoses colored designs will touch your heart and make your day a little more brighter!

The Cards are at $7 (price include an envelope that comes with) + shipping fees to your location.
Sent me a mail at ColdRuru@gmail.com to order ;)

 

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The subject: My love for spotted horse and jungle decor... (read 'till the end)

Palombie

Amerzone

 

 

Want to know a little more about this? All genesis (including videos) were posted on my instagram.

Influence Map.

-"The Piebald Horse" painted by Paulus Potter, wich is the first historic painting depicting a horse with LP color I ever knew (got it as a postcard in my childhood). Still a favorite of mine today.

-Who is the beast? by Keith Baker. A childeren book from my childhood, wich is -to my opinion- clearly inspired by the paintings of Henri Rousseau (painting showed as comparizon: the dream). It was an evidence and an inspiration for the art raised child-self I was and it's still today.

-Palombie. When you are an avid EU comics reader, you know that every "classic" comics have their own fictive country, wich are always lost in a jungle somewhere. In Spirou & Fantasio, it's Palombie. Home of the marsupulami, that will be the theater of many adventures after a first appearence in "les héritiers" and a last appearence in "l'ombre du Z". (and yes for me there's no books after Franquin, no debate needed).

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 Influence Map.

-"The Spotted Horse" painted by Paulus Potter, that I found while searching for LP horses in art history. Another favorite of mine as this one evoke my mare; similar colour and conformation with a long back.

-Who is the beast? by Keith Baker. A childeren book from my childhood, wich is -to my opinion- clearly inspired by the paintings of Henri Rousseau (painting showed as comparizon: the snake charmer). It was an evidence and an inspiration for the art raised child-self I was and it's still today.

-Amerzone. When you are an avid EU comics reader, you know that every "classic" comics have their own fictive country, wich are always lost in a jungle somewhere. In Canardo, it's the Amerzone. Sokal wrote stories about it's depressive duck detective and then use the greatest ideas for developping video game. This iconic comic was followed by "the explorer's legacy", a novative point & click.

If you are wonderin' if my love for zebra, girafes and feline is new, the answer is no.
Another fun, real horse based blog post following this one ! Thank you for reading, thank you for your support!