Souvenir Plates for the 140th Preakness Stakes

This year's set of hand-painted Preakness Stakes souvenir plates is done and delivered!  I've been commissioned for the past several years by the Maryland Jockey Club to create gift plates for the owners of the horses entered in each year's Preakness.  I really like this plate design, although the border of little squares took a LOT longer to paint than I expected it to!  The design is based on elements of this year's official Preakness logo.

I use Folk Art Enamels to paint these.  The simple, white plates were purchased at Pier One.

There are 8 horses entered in this year's race.

This plate is for the 2015 Kentucky Derby winner.

A Plate for Orb

Orb's connections liked their Preakness souvenir plate and wanted me to design and paint one to commemorate Orb's Kentucky Derby win.  I wanted the plate to have a unique design but also to look good sitting next to the Preakness plate.

When I paint these plates, I always use acrylics that are meant to be used on glass.