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BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROFILING LOCAL BUSINESS WOMEN By Steve Colm DEBBIE GOLDRING A Triving Pastel Artist Putting Down Roots In Essex County astel artist Debbie Goldring made a drawing/painting birds, wildlife and even Pdecision in 1988 to follow her heart, homes! But, the majority of my work has been leaving the corporate world behind in order horses, dogs and cats.” to raise her young son, Brad, and develop her On a grander stage, Goldring was passion for animal portraiture. commissioned in 2008 to do fve portraits It was a choice that set the stage for what for the Canadian Olympic Show Jumping has blossomed into a successful art career. Team’s members to mark their silver-medal “It allowed me to be there for him (Brad), performance at the Beijing Games, and her and I ended up helping out at his schools and work has appeared on the covers and in the working with the kids teaching art, when pages of many equine publications such as asked,” Goldring recalls. “It also allowed me Horse Sport, Te Chronicle of the Horse, Equus to grow my business slowly, gain experience and Polo Players’ Edition. and gain clients.” In 2011, she was asked by the Canadian Having been raised around horses and Horse Racing Hall of Fame to paint a looking back at the portraits she had done for 50th anniversary portrait of the legendary friends between mucking out stalls, grooming Debbie Goldring lives in Harrow with her husband, Dan, Northern Dancer, which now hangs in the and training the animals, it seemed only two cats, a dog and her horse, Britt. “Horses captured Hall of Fame at Woodbine Race Track. natural that she might make a go of it with my heart as a child,” Goldring says. “As far back as I can “I have had the honour of painting horses as her primary subjects. remember, I could not imagine a life without animals.” portraits of such greats as Olympic horses Big her husband, Dan, says she’s been settling Ben, Abdullah and Hickstead, thoroughbred into the local art community, including a racehorses Dance Smartly and Northern successful application for “Art in Te Park,” Dancer, and some top stallions such as Rio June 7 & 8, 2014. Grande, A Fine Romance and dressage horses “Over the past year I have been involved such as Chrevi’s Capital,” Goldring recalls. with Te Gibson Gallery and Mudpuppy But, her family connections have always Gallery in Amherstburg,” Goldring says. been important, so when her son completed “I exhibited at the Rockin’ Horse Fest in the Dual Law Degree at the University of Harrow, Art by the River and Woofa-Roo Pet Windsor and University of Detroit Mercy and Festival in Amherstburg. (And) in the recent purchased a home in LaSalle in 2012, she and past I have done work for Grosse Pointe Hunt her husband decided to make the move here Goldring’s passion for horses is refected in her study Club and their members, in Grosse Pointe, where they now live with a dog, two cats and called “Blacklight” and many others. Photos courtesy Michigan.” a horse. of Debbie Goldring Fine Art. Her most recent solo exhibit at Te Gibson “Being a horse person, my heart is in the Te result was Debbie Goldring Fine Gallery — “Passionate About Animals” — country and what a better place to live!” says Art (DebbieGoldring.com), now located in ran from April 24 to May 18 and generated Goldring, who works in a large bedroom Harrow. plenty of excitement. converted into her ofce/studio. “Afer living Goldring, who originally built an extensive “Since moving to Essex County I am and working in the Toronto area for so long, customer base in the Toronto area before looking forward to adding new subject we absolutely love it here! It is a welcome moving to Harrow in October 2012 with matter to my portfolio,” Goldring says. “I love change of pace.” XX FILES FILES 50 BIZ X MAGAZINE • JUNE 2014 BizX2014June52.indd 50 2014-05-28 11:54 AM