CURTIS DRAFT HORSES -----C D KENNELS---JAMES O MCINTYRE,PROFESSIONAL ARTIST                
      
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Our home is located on a ranch about eighty miles southwest of

Edmonton, Alberta near the village of Winfield. Living in the country

is ideal for us because we have the quiet of the natural

surroundings, but we are still only a short drive, on pavement, to

the city. We have acres of tame grazing land interspersed with pine,

spruce, larch, poplar, birch and willow. The beaver dams, dugouts

and muskegs make the countryside beautiful to behold. Because this

hilly terrain, with its beautiful green pastures, is also home for

wild animals such as deer, elk, moose, coyotes, wolves and lynx it

gives us a "LIVE IN THE WILDERNESS " feeling. It is also a scenic

location to raise our horses and dogs and paint pictures. The picture

shows the pond just south of our house.












 

As the picture shows, the large barn facility, as well as our rock gardens in the

yard, makes a beautiful spot to raise our companion dogs. The barn has

  individual pens with large fans for air circulation, full spectrum lights so the

winter is as bright as summer and a large radiant heater to keep them

toasty warm. Our house has a large room for whelping the girls and lots of

room to romp, sleep and go outside. The three acre fenced yard has four

large secure pens with lots of trees, perennials, bushes and flowers--lots of

flowers. The dogs have their own smaller, private, outside pens and houses

located within the larger areas and can run with abandon or sleep in the sun,

as they wish.
 

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This picture shows the same yard east of the house but at a different

perspective. My dogs love this area of the yard and somehow we manage to

combine my flowers and the exercise area without conflict. They love the stone

paths.



 

This environment also gives Jim some inspiration to continue with his

passion, painting. Jim is a professional artist who works in water

colors and acryllics. He does landscapes, mountains, ocean scenes,

old buildings or anything that he sets his fancy to. He will also

do comissioned work.

The winter scene is a photograph from our front room window.

The scenery sures changes from autum [first picture] to the winter.

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This painting done by Jim, is also a scene from our window, but

facing to the west. If you wish to view at any of his art, his web

site is www.jomcintyre.ca









 

This is another area south of the house that the dogs love to play in. The bridge

gives them hours of pleasure as they run back and forth.

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