These twinned areas of expertise are beautifully blended - and readily seen - in The Horse. And no one need attempt writing anything called The Horse Owner's Bible without a great deal of knowledge about horses. Clearly, the two 2005 titles required expertise in various aspects of the art world. In the near future, she'll see the publication of The Horse Owner's Bible. In 2005 she produced two books: Turner, Whistler, Monet and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Most of the time those two interests don't overlap in her projects.

Pickeral is a writer who specializes in both horses and art. That something extra can be summed up mostly simply by two words: Tamsin Pickeral. The Horse: 30,000 Years of the Horse in Art has that something extra that takes the book from being merely pretty and interesting and turns it into something extraordinary. Certainly, there are even lots of books that fit that description and they'll even look great on your coffeetable. If it were, all a publisher would have to do is reporduce great images on some contrived theme and - voila! - stuff them all into a book. And it's not just a matter of the art alone. Clearly what moves one reader won't the next. The success of any art book is often in the eye of the beholder. The Horse: 30,000 Years of the Horse in Art Review | The Horse: 30,000 Years of the Horse in Art by Tamsin Pickeral

The Horse by Tamsin Pickeral