Evolution

Whenever I feel down, I like to turn to my favourite horse breed for inspiration. I love researching the stud book of the North Swedish Draft. I sat looking through some pictures, and suddenly realized it would be interesting to see how much the breed has evolved so far. So I tried to find pictures of individuals with at least three generations of Swedish bloodlines, old and new. Since the Norwegian Døle has had a major impact on the Swedish Draft, and our breed still has an open studbook, it was rather challenging finding somewhat pure Swedish lines.

Enough rambling. This was relaxing and easy work to do for once. I can't take credit for the silhouettes really, since I just painted over the photos. I think it's interesting to see what kind of differences 100 something years can do to a breed, though.