About the Artist

Ann Richmond Garlough was born in Dayton, Ohio to a family with a long history of grain and dairy farming. John Richmond also happened to be a renowned nuclear chemist and physicist who taught his children the value of hard work, unquestionable ethics and taking responsibility early in life. While his daughter loved all animals, two things manifested themselves when she was a young child ~ a passion for art and for horses. Given a pony when she was six, she was showing horses by ten, the age at which she was also presented her first set of oil paints. "A phase," her parents assured themselves, but one she never outgrew.

Establishing a small breeding operation in the late 1960's, Garlough spent the next 25 years showing her own horses while painting oil portraits of some of the finest equines of those times.

In 1985, the artist realized her lifelong dream of returning to the part of the country to which her grandfather had traveled as a youth by covered wagon. Although her parents had moved from the Southwest shortly before her birth, Garlough's frequent childhood visits with her grandparents left an indelible love of the West.

Today she is an award-winning, internationally collected artist proficient in several mediums and subjects. Garlough lives and paints in her home just north of Fort Worth, Texas, dividing her time between portrait work, western and equine art. She finds relaxation in her travels for researching and gathering reference material for upcoming paintings.

"My love of all animals and the horse in particular has only increased with the years," says Garlough. "From the plains to the mountains, I am newly inspired by every sketching and photography trip." She adds, "The best way to find fresh reference material is still from the back of a horse."

"I am grateful to God, my family, my friends and to all the collectors of my work. I am content, at complete peace, and doing with my life what I know God always intended me to do. No one can ask for more."