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From trash to treasure, an equine art mystery
After one of his Courtney Avenue neighbors died and her house was sold, Gordon Burnette noticed several old paintings left by the curb with some other junk. One in particular caught his eye: a picture...
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Two updates and a cheap set of wheels
Today I have updates on two previous columns, plus a tip on how you can help a new neighbor while scoring a cheap set of wheels. You may remember the story of Gordon Burnette of Lexington, a...
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Equine art mystery leads to exhibit, memorial
Thomas J. Scott was an intinerant artist and journalist who painted perhaps 200 or more race horse portraits before he died of pneumonia in Lexington’s old St. Joseph Hospital in 1888. Scott was a...
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Headley-Whitney shows equine art’s variety
As I drove away from the Headley-Whitney Museum on Old Frankfort Pike last week, I had to swerve around a minivan with Michigan plates stopped in the road. Its occupants apparently were fascinated by...
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