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Born 1947 - Glendale, California
Studio in Tehachapi, California
24040
San Juan Drive
Tehachapi
CA 93561-8368
661.821.1521
E-mail –info@pamelawildermuth.com
Pamela Wildermuth, a 4th
generation Californian, is the great-granddaughter of the
renowned vaquero, Don Antonio Leiva. She now makes her
home in Bear Valley Springs, a beautiful equestrian community in
the Tehachapi Mountains, very near where Don Antonio homesteaded 150 years ago. A horse-crazy childhood filled with stories of Don
Antonio's exploits, after-school riding lessons, and drawing
sessions with her artist-father led to a career as one of the
country's most prominent equine artists.
Wildermuth
is a Full member of the American Academy of Equine Art (AAEA)
and a Signature/Emeritus member (and past president) of Women
Artists of the West (WAOW). Her paintings and drawings, praised
for their authenticity and attention to detail, are selected for
the most important exhibitions of equine art and can be found in
collections throughout the world, including those of AAEA
founder Else Tuckerman and jockey Kent Dersormeaux. Among
Wildermuth’s numerous awards are two (2) Publishers Awards from
The
Equine Image magazine and the very prestigious AAEA
Founders Award for Oil.
Her works
have been published in limited edition print; a series of collector plates,
"The Majestic Horse," produced by W.S. George for The Bradford Exchange
(1991-1992); in magazines
including The Equine Image,
Spur,
Western Horseman,
Polo,
Equus and
Equine Vision- Horses in Art;
and in the books Straight From the Heart - True
Stories of Remarkable Encounters with Once-in-a-Lifetime Horses
(Fleet Street Publishing 1997), Drawing and Painting
Horses (Watson-Guptill Publications 2000), Straight From
the Heart II (Primedia Publications 2003) and Art of the
American West (Rockport Publishing 1999). She also designed
the sculpture “The Stallion’s Kingdom” for the Danbury Mint
(1997).
Wildermuth
specializes in commissioned equine portraiture and is under
contract with the San Fernando Valley Horse Show Association (SFVHSA)
to produce portraits of their 10 High-Point winning horses each
year.
"I am not only inspired by the
beauty, grace and nobility of the horse, but
fascinated by the unique relationship between human
and horse. Unlike our other close animal companions,
dogs and cats, the horse is not a fellow predator
but a prey animal. This incredible working
relationship defies convention and speaks volumes
about the horse's intelligence and adaptability. No
other herd animal is so admired by or so bonded with
man."
"Windsong" 16"x20" oil on canvas
AAEA Founders Award for Oil - collection of the Else Tuckerman estate
"My grandmother used to tell me
stories about her father, Don Antonio Leiva, and his
wonderful black stallion. Don Antonio and that
magnificent horse were partners for more than
20 years, working cattle, chasing coyotes, running
down bears, and giving children rides on Sunday
afternoons. She said the only time she ever saw the
proud old vaquero cry was when that horse died. Those
of us who are involved with horses know that, if we
are very lucky, we will also enjoy a relationship
like that with a once-in-a-lifetime horse. We have
one, an Arabian gelding named Khameron. It was my
painting of him, "Windsong," that earned me
the AAEA Founders' Award for Oil. Else Tuckerman, one
of the founders of the American Academy of Equine
Art, purchased the painting for her private
collection."
Wildermuth
and her husband, Jack, live in Tehachapi (in the beautiful mountain
equestrian community of Bear Valley Springs),
California. They share their home with two gray Arabian geldings, a
red dun Quarter Horse, and two rambunctious Jack Russell terriers.
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