Papa's Favorite

My Grandfather, Kurt Saupe, was a wonderful man.  Came from Germany when he was in his 20's and worked as an engraver for sheet music, a lost art now.  He loved carousels and the music they played.
I painted this for my Mother, Betty, who was an only child.  She shared his love of the horses who went in circles.  I found out that plastic animals are hard to paint to look like a hard plastic surface.
I am so used to painting real horses that this was a challenge.
Watercolor on hot press paper.