He has raised, shod, trained, driven and owned standardbreds during his tenure in the harness racing industry, but Bill Rogers' sharpest skills in relation to the game could be when he takes the role of the
observer.
As explained in a piece by The Chronicle Herald, the multi-talented horseman also has an unbelievable skill at capturing the equine and racing world and transferring it to the item on his easel.
Rogers, a 61-year-old resident of Antigonish, NS, is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, and is its second vice-president.
A winner of the Transparent Watercolour Society of America and the Societe Canadiene de l’Aquarelle's Award of Movement in 2004, Rogers currently has a collection of his new works on display at the St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery in Antigonish.
Rogers' collection, dubbed 'The Start,' is on display until Tuesday, December 21. The show includes 36 works — 27 with horses and figures — and nine portraits.
"I have an impressionistic style, with an emphasis on light," the article quotes him as saying. "I like the interplay between horses and people. I like to show what someone is doing with the horse as opposed to a portrait of horse racing.
"I know (the horses’) mannerisms, I know their anatomy, I know how they stand and I know if something’s awkward."
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(With files from The Chronicle Herald)