Tanner Jensen: Horse Art Making Headlines

Turning Point Gallery's own horse artist Tanner Jensen has made a splash in the horse world as of late with two of her pieces featured on the cover of two different equestrian magazines in May!

Her first cover was the May 8, 2009 issue of The Chronicle of the Horse. The Chronicle of the Horse is written for the accomplished competitor. The magazine reports on nearly every major hunter/jumper horse show, dressage show, horse trials, steeplechase and driving event as well as foxhunting and events abroad. Regular features include in-depth profiles, valuable health care and training tips, all geared to the seriously involved competitor.

Tanner's second cover of the month was the May/June 2009 issue of Topline Ink Equestrian Journal. Topline Ink Equestrian Journal is an educational publication for dedicated dressage & sport horse riders interested in quality training for horse and rider. The magazine is an excellent resource for learning and pursuing goals.

We congratulate Tanner for her well deserved recognition in the horse world!

Our Newest Artist Additions!

Turning Point Gallery has recently added a new painting duo from Santa Fe, Newkirk & Griffin, and a new sculptor from Pittsboro, NC, Tamera Mulanix, to it's line up of fabulous artists! Check out their work and more information about them below!

Reita Newkirk and Alice Griffin are friends and lifelong artists who have combined their unique talents and backgrounds to produce collaborative paintings that exalt the natural world and one of its most glorious creatures - the horse. For them the horse is a metaphor that embraces the spirit of nature, a connection that touches the hearts and minds of many people, even those who have had little or no direct experience with this magnificent animal. The horse has always been a symbol that registers in the collective unconscious as freedom, strength and powerful beauty.

Newkirk and Griffin combine materials, which vary from encaustic to oil, to create luminous surfaces of color and depth that resonate with the themes in their work. Their paintings feature both representational and abstract elements that lend scale and establish an emotional resonance between the landscape and the horses.


Tamera Mulanix comes from a family of welders. Her grandfather, uncle and cousins are all welders and the process has fascinated her for as long as she can remember. She studied welding and blacksmithing at Central Carolina Community College, and continued learning on her own and taking classes to perfect her technique.

"It is so fulfilling to finally take my vision and make it come to life. There's nothing I enjoy more than taking a rusty piece of scrap metal and turning into something beautiful."