Sitting in a college classroom staring out the window doodling on a notebook with thoughts of training horses running through his mind – all he wanted to do is train – he did not want to be cooped up in that classroom. Those thoughts slowly overcame the ability to focus on schoolwork and horse training became his profession. While training horses, the doodling became a necessity as he did seminars
and taught confirmation classes. They eventually transformed from doodling that he used in his classes into amazing pencil drawings. Eventually those drawings – some of which were on the back of napkins and some on the back of placemats… became Spirit in Motion Expressions (SIME) - A business that featured all of his drawing on all different items - from plastic to glass to wood to metal those drawings began coming to life. Little did we know that as the drawing came to life the life of the artist would come to an end. The amazing artist, horse trainer, husband, father, friend and man that I am referring to was Steve Quaid who sadly left us in 2010. With sadness in our hearts SIME has continued to feature the artwork of Steve Quaid in an effort to place his beautiful drawings in the homes of as many people as possible ensuring that he will never be forgotten. So, Spirit in Motion Expressions has lived on and will continue to live on in new collections each year that feature his beautiful artwork. For those of you who purchase a piece please allow me to share who this wonderful man was. Steve Quaid was an amazing horseman. He always said that he wanted to be remembered first and foremost as a “Great Horseman” and there is no doubt that is the case. Steve trained horses and did artwork for years. There was nothing that he enjoyed more than to watch a horse turned loose on a cool day. He loved to watch them get their tails up over their backs and snort and blow. He taught so many people so many things over the years, but the one thing that will always stay in my mind is his deep belief that horse training was a dance and that he was not a trainer, but instead a coach. He believed that he was not successful until he could capture the look and the life that horses have when they are turned loose - while he had tack on them… either on their back on behind them in a cart. When that look would come out when he was working a horse he would stop and say “now I am getting somewhere” and then smile that smile that we all remember so fondly. Steve’s artwork represents that very same belief and regardless of the breed he was drawing he made sure that each piece displayed that unbelievable life that he loved so much. Each stroke of the pencil says, “Now I am Getting Somewhere” and makes us remember and smile. At SIME we believe that keeping Steve’s drawings alive helps to keep Steve’s Spirit alive - in our homes – on our Christmas Trees – in our barns – at horse shows… but most of all in our hearts. I hope our pieces inspire you as much as they do those of us who knew him personally.
