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Paul Geoffrey Wheeler
Original paintings in Acrylics and Watercolour
Rocking Horse Restoration
"Cracker"
Cracker is an antique rocking horse made by G&J Lines Ltd around 1910. He is presented above with all original paintwork and tack. This was a conservation project rather than restoration, and his saddle has been lined with old leather to retain and stabilise its original form. Only his stirrup leathers and saddle blanket are replacements. He bears the badges on the top rail joints of the stand, fitted to Lines horses around the turn of the twentieth century.
Clara Bow is a late nineteenth century rocking horse by G&J Lines. She was purchesed from an NHS care worker in Exter in the summer of 2026. She had been restored by the owners father in the 1970s. All the existing overpaint was removed from the body of the horse with paint stripper. The body gessoed and repainted in the orginal factory design. The rocker was painted a Victorian green and gold coachlines added.
A miniature Dun painted by Paul & Mary Wheeler for a friend in Clovelly. Awaiting her bow rocker
The Dun on her rocker, plus another smaller horse for the same friend, in a traditional dapple grey finish
Daisy, a restored plain carved horse by FH Ayres Ltd. She has all her original paintwork retained and conserved.
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