Acrylic Dala Horses by Tara Austin

Oh! These hand-painted acyrlic Dala Horses are just stunning! Tara Austin has been teaching her artistic skills at North House with Rosemaling for several years now, and we are so happy to be able to present these unique works of art in our school store and online. Each acrylic  horse is unique, painted on both sides in a unique color theme. Each horses stands 6 1/4" tall, 5/8" deep and 6" from nose to tail.   

Dala Horse #2: Red with black details

Dala Horse #3: Blue with yellow and green details

Dala Horse #4: Yellow with blue and green details

Dala Horse #5: Yellow

Tara received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Painting. In 2014 she took her first rosemaling class at North House. Since then she completed a yearlong Rosemaling Apprenticeship with a Vesterheim Gold Medalist focusing on Telemark and Gudbransdal. In 2017 Tara traveled to Norway to continue her research of rosemaling funded by a research grant from UW Madison.