I have the good fortune of being contacted by all number of fascinating people in this job. Most of these individuals are extremely talented and all are out there running businesses that are certainly putting the runs on the board.

My latest contact was contemporary equine artist (painter and sculptor) Donna Bernstein who has an interesting connection to Australia - she lives in McCall, Idaho, with her husband and their "three Aussie-dog family".

Donna 'markets' the equine industry in a unique way - through art and design.

Donna says that her artistic style was developed by following what cave artists did - drawing horses as a means of "capturing" them.

"Their very form and grace have inspired me for as long as I can remember," she says.

I confess I know precious little about art so I've had to rely on Donna's explanation of her technique: Asian-inspired ink brushwork, large-scale acrylic and mixed media canvases, and bronze sculptures. Donna describes her style as inspired by the simple power of pure line.

If you want to look at some of Donna's work you can do so at the following URL.