agmar is a young California equine artist whose reputation grows with her ability to transform delicate chalk (pastel) sketches into startlingly realistic images of horses that convey both power and grace. Her eye for unerring technical detail, including conformation features, place her head and shoulders above the competition Owners who have commissioned portraits of their beloved horses are amazed by her ability to capture characteristics usually caught only by a photograph. Her paintings have been described as "impeccably accurate" in form color, motion, emotion, and presence by clients and contemporaries alike.Dagmar began her career as an equine, canine, and feline artist with the submission of a pencil drawing of Secretariat into the 1977 Ventura County Fair which won first place. The following year at the fair, she won first place for her initial attempt at pastel -- a head study of the noted Arabian stallion, Komsul. In 1979 Dagmar again won numerous awards at the fair for her pastel paintings. Also, while still in high school, she won the Senior Art Award competition. Her winning drawing, a head study of an Arabian mare, was framed and hung in the school library.
Dagmar's equestrian art knows no boundaries. She can create equally fine renditions of a variety of breeds from Thoroughbred race horses to Arabians, polo ponies, Quarter Horses, Lipizzans and Andalusians. Her paintings are found in private collections in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In addition, dog and cat owners have also discovered her talents in depicting their canine and feline friends. Paso Fino horse owners were able to appreciate her work recently when it was selected for display at the Jan. 25. 1996 reception dinner of the Paso Fino Horse Association's membership convention.
Her pastel masterpiece, "Alysheba Winning 1987 Kentucky Derby" was one of 66 works selected out of over 600 submitted to hang Oct. 13 through Dec. 31 at the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, in the "Horses in Motion" juried equine art exhibition. The show was a first-time collaborative effort between the Kentucky Derby Museum and The Equine Image (formerly Equine Images) magazine. The goal: to create an equine art exhibition of artists from across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The painting of Alysheba is also featured in The Equine Image's special show edition, October/November 1996.
Her paintings have hung at the Copenhagen Galleri, Sporting Life Gallery, John Miller Galleries, The Top Brass, Unique Treasures, Art Illusions Gallery, and C.C. Design Center. She has also exhibited her work in numerous art shows and has donated many of her paintings to good charitable causes.
Dagmar's work has been featured in a number of magazine articles, including the California Horseman's News (March 15, 1982); the California Horse Review (October 1984); the Camarillo Daily News (Sunday Oct. 5, 1986); The Lipizzan Journal (Vol. VII, No. 3, June 1987); Conquistador Magazine (January 1991, the premier issue); and in an earlier edition of Equine Images, in an article about Lipizzaners (Dec. 1994/Jan. 1995.)
Dagmar is also busy using her art in other creative ways. For example she designed the logos for the United States Lipizzan Registry and the Camarillo White Horse Association. She was also responsible for the cover art for the California Paso Fino Horse Association's 1994 Stallion Directory and 1995 Western Regions Sounding Board Magazine.
Anyone who appreciates well-bred horses and conformational exactitude will enjoy the paintings by this outstanding artist. In her own unique style, she captures the essence of her equine subjects -- including their anatomy and individual characteristics -- in halter or in action with undivided attention to detail.
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