Images West of Our House!
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A new and updated catalog of the body of work by de Castro has been posted to the site here:
Catalog of paintings by Realism Artist, Bj. de Castro
Cataloging the entire body of work will be a huge undertaking and will take some time, so check the site periodically for updates.
The list includes information, such as, availability of original paintings, limited edition prints, open edition prints and postcards-and also, includes details of the original works of art.
For information about the artist, you can view the News & Announcements – which lists, awards, honors, achievements, articles, exhibitions, etc. Or, you can visit the site, Bj. de Castro Art Studio.

NEW!!  A Chance Encounter Of A Lifetime, by Wendy LeGate.

A heart-warming story of self-discovery and the love-between a fire-engine red Morgan
stallion, and a big-hearted girl.  Share in her journey, as she follows her passion
for the newfound love of a breed, and discovers, where her destiny lies…is in the eyes
of a Morgan horse.

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My mother always told me that I was riding horses, before I could walk.  I stood convinced of her exaggeration, until she sent me proof.  The truth is…throughout my childhood, I can’t ever remember not having horses around.  Afterall, I grew up in farm country.  It was only after a giant named, ‘Big Red’, threw me over his shoulders during an encounter with a snake in a field, that I gave up riding horses in my early teens-succumbing to the bad experience. Thirty years would pass by, before I met a woman that would re-kindle my admiration for the horse…the Morgan horse to be exact.  This is that story…

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Ifinished ‘Capriole, Vienna’, original watercolor in 1995, however…it wouldn’t be until  June of 2003 that the Limited Edition print of ‘Capriole‘ would introduce me to Wendy LeGate and the Morgan Horse.  It was the birth of a different painting…one that would soon take on a life and destiny of it’s own…

Wendy LeGate is owner of OGO, Old Growth Oak
Morgans, in San Jose, California, where she breeds the purest lines of the Morgan.  
She purchased many pieces from me, before she approached with the proposal of painting
something that she could use as a logo for her Morgan horse ranch.  I started to work
and put 80 hours talking, researching and studying photos, before paint ever touched the
canvas.  We wanted to incorporate the magnificent oak trees that make up the
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One of my favorite pastimes is searching for Morgan
related items on ebay. A few months back, I was really excited to come across a print at
auction of a pretty palomino Morgan. The artist was Bj. de Castro. The listing on ebay
said the art was created as a logo for Morgan breeder and Rainbow member, Wendy LeGate of
Old Growth Oak Morgans in California. I was curious as to which horse had inspired the
piece, and asked Wendy about it.

“I met Bj. de
Castro a couple of years ago and began talking with her about a logo for my OGO Prefix
(Old Growth Oak Morgans),” says Wendy. “Well as I am sure you can tell by the
name, I sure love those old growth oak trees. I sent her tons and tons of pictures I took
of all sort of Morgans, my own and others. She liked them all, but some of the pictures of
Sandy Cleveland’s flaxen chestnut stallion,

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