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Carolyn (or ‘Lyn’) Alexander has been painting horses, cats and dogs since she was a schoolgirl, first in Newmarket and more recently in Ireland. She became captivated with the African scene on her first of now many safari trips in 1989 and has subsequently included the birds and the wildlife native to that Continent in her collection. Though largely self-taught, she was early influenced by such notables as her Mother, sculptress Peggy Alexander, artist and sculptor John Skeaping R.A. and portraitist Richard Stone Reeves, all of whom proved invaluble with their help and insight through the early years. Her work has progressed through the years, painting comissions for racing enthusiasts not only in the U.K. and Ireland, but on the Continent, the United States, Africa and Australia. 


The list of her equine subjects reads like an honour roll of thoroughbred royalty and has inclued:
NUREYEV, SIR IVOR, THE MINSTREL, SEATTLE SLEW, SINNDAR, MOCCASIN, MIESQUE, DIESIS, SADLER’S WELL, CARELEON, BE MY GUEST, RIVERMAN, LIFE’S MAGIC, RIDGEWOOD PEARL, HANDY PROVERB, MARAUDING, DANCE DESIGN, GONE WEST, STORM CAT, STORM SONG, INDIAN RIDGE, DANEHILL, URBAN SEA, ELECTROCUTIONIST, SEA THE STARS, ALAMSHAR OATH, BULLISH LUCK, and others.

Her many patrons, past and present, include:


Prince Khalid Abdullah, Mr & Mrs Francois Boutin, Lord & Lady Howard de Walden, Dr & Mrs John Chandler (Mill Ridge Farm-KY), Mr & Mrs Robert Clay (Three Chimneys Farm-KY), Mr & Mrs Tom Cooper, Mr Alan Cooper, Comte Roland de Chambrue, The Earl & Duchess of Harrington, Mr & Mrs John Dunlop, Lord Cadogen, Mr & Mrs A. Leslie Harrison (Plantation Stud-UK), Miss Dell Hancock & Miss Clay Hancock (Claiborne Farm-KY), Mr R Shackelford Parrish (Indian Creek Farm-KY), Mr Arthur Hancock (Stone Farm-KY), Mr & Mrs Gary Bisantz, Mr and Mrs Rollin Baugh, Mr & Mrs Edwin Gregson, Mr & Mrs Alec Head,The Irish National Stud, Dr Richard Leakey, Mr Robert Lanigan, Miss Elaine Lawlor, Mr Robert Lapointe, Mr Geoffery Wild, Mr & Mrs Evan Spearling, Mr & Mrs Bruce McHugh, Mrs Julie Cecil, Sir Noel & Lady Gwen Murless, Mr & Mrs David Nagle, Mr Tollis Otto, Mr B. Shaw, Mr Starvos Niarchos, Mr Robert Sangster, Mr & Mrs Allen Paulson, The Marquis & Marchioness of Tavistock, Mr Ferderick J. Seitz, (Brookdale Farm-KY) Mr & Mrs Brian Mayfield Smith, Dr & Mrs Gary Lavin (Longfield Farm-KY). Mr & Mrs W.T. Young, Mr & Mrs H. THompson Jones, Mr Michael S. Brown and Miss Franca Vittadini.