Jamie Adamson

Paint & Finishing Artist

Jamie Adamson has worked for Stone Horses for almost 2 years, celebrating his anniversary this August. Originally from Colorado, his favorite part of working here is the mutual respect within the shop and the freedom Erin gives him to be self-sufficient while being part of a team. Outside of work, Jamie is an avid fan of miniatures, gaming, and RPGs.

George Apostolou

Customizing & Prepping Artist

George started at Stone Horses in September 2025, moving to Indiana from his home in New Jersey. He enjoys the playful whimsy of creating model horses, feeling like an elf in Santa’s workshop! His biggest learning curve has been learning how to sculpt with our plastic. Outside of work, he is a huge movie buff, paints board game miniatures, and plays with his many pets. He hopes to create pieces of equine art that spark joy.

Tyler Beck

Customizing & Prepping Artist

Tyler Beck has worked for Stone Horses for 4 years, working both in prep and customizing. His favorite part of working for Stone is getting to watch raw horse bodies transform into magnificent works of art through the production process, as well as the friends he has made in his time here. He is from Columbia, MO and enjoys working on vintage cars, attending car shows, and taking film photos of his travels. Tyler enjoyed the opportunity to travel to Chicago this winter for professional development, learning all about injection molding.

Valerie Beck

Prep for Paint Artist

Valerie started at Stone Horses in 2023, joining her son Tyler. Her favorite part of working for Stone Horses is being a part of a friendly, supportive group of coworkers. Her biggest learning curve has been perfecting her masking techniques for the paint team, always striving to improve her work and produce a quality product. Outside of work, Valerie enjoys attending comic conventions and spending time watching movies with her family and her two dogs, Jerry and Sam.

Matthew Bennett

Detail Painting & Prepping Artist

Matt joined the Stone Horses team recently in May 2026 after moving here to Indiana from Florida! He enjoys the upbeat work environment and has learned both detail painting and customizing so far in his time with us. Outside of work, he enjoys art and playing video games.

Kristian Beverly

Marketing Coordination Artist

Kristian Beverly joined us at Stone Horses earlier this year and has taken to her position wonderfully! Originally from Harrisburg, PA, she moved to Shipshewana in March and has found it very rewarding to work with beloved plastic ponies. Outside of work, she is a model horse collector and tack maker, enjoys reading, and loves playing with her dog, Jax.

Erin Corbett

Chief Horse Officer & Painting Artist

Erin Corbett began working at Stone Horses in January 2024, though she has been heavily involved in the model horse hobby since 1994. Originally from the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington), her favorite part of the job is supporting the staff and guest artists, saying “yes!” to creative ideas, and maintaining a positive workplace. Her biggest challenge is balancing creative freedom with the production realities of running a business that supports around 40 families. Outside of work, Erin jokingly admits she has no time for outside interests! Her favorite pieces include the Heza Night Train tribute runs (Heza Freight Train and Heza Spice Train), which were technically challenging due to complex masking, as well as being special to her as the first ever limiterd edition run she has painted at Stone.

"My vision for Stone Horses centers around our Stone collector community. It is the most special thing to have the relationship we have with our collectors, and I never take that for granted. I want to keep pushing for and celebrating a world where the Stone community is visible and welcoming to all, even if our models are not currently in the budget. Combined with continuing to raise the bar on what’s possible in Original Finish cellulose acetate and redefine how good a horse can be, it’s the team here at Stone and the people we get to create art for that really make us special. More of that – plus a few surprises along the way!”

Kate Dille

Marketing Coordination Artist

Since starting in spring of 2025, Kate has enjoyed diving headfirst into the model horse hobby. Her favorite part of working here is learning all about the horses and seeing the amazing pieces the artists create. Her biggest learning curve has been learning how to identify a wide variety of different horse markings. Outside of work, she enjoys sewing, theatre, and fashion. Through her work, she hopes to improve the customer experience and showcase the artists' work in its best light.

Enrique "Kike" Duarte

Painting Artist

Enrique “Kike” Duarte joined the team in March 2025, bringing his experience in a variety of artistic ventures into his artwork at Stone Horses. In addition to his showstopping equine art, Kike paints custom sneakers, portraits, and murals found throughout Michiana. He brings a distinct perspective to his work, creating imaginative mural pieces packed with tiny details in his totally unique pop art style.

Kike has enjoyed the creative freedom he has as a painter, feeling valued and supported in his ideas. His biggest challenge so far has been learning horse terminology. He has worked hard getting up to speed on colors, white markings, breed guidelines, and more!

Outside of work he is a musician, proficient in a variety of instruments and having played in a band called Hypnotica in his homeland of Colombia. As an immigrant to the United States, he feels incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to work as an artist and contribute his talents to the model horse collector community. He loves to create pieces that folks can connect to on an emotional level, and is deeply touched by the enthusiastic response his work has received.

Alex Fortman

Painting Artist

Alex joined the team in the Spring of 2026, bringing with her a strong artistic background and enthusiasm to learn new things. In spite of limited airbrushing experience, she has taken to our processes extremely well and is already creating both realistic and decorator models that are in keeping with our Stone Horses expectations of quality! You can always count on Alex’s artwork to bring a new perspective to even colors and patterns you may have seen before, but never by Alex! We can’t wait to see what she creates next!

Jess Hamill

Paint Room Coordinator

Jess Hamill started painting for Stone Horses in November of 2021 and never looked back! You would not believe that her biggest learning curve has been learning to paint with an airbrush—she now creates incredibly detailed pieces from stripey zebras to speckled appaloosas! Jess is grateful to work in a creative role, as well as the opportunity to enjoy her hobby as a career and be surrounded by beautiful plastic ponies (without breaking the bank!) Outside of work, Jess loves to draw, paint, sew, play video games, and pet her dogs Rori, Jigglypuff, and Mika. Her hope for her work is for collectors to enjoy seeing and showing her pieces as much as she enjoys painting them!

Amanda Hostetler

Senior Production Supervision Artist

Amanda Hostetler has worked for Stone Horses for 8 years. Originally from Michigan, her favorite part of working here is the creativity of her team members and seeing the incredible creations they come up with. Outside of work, Amanda loves spending her free time being in nature. She considers Stone a fantastic, unique company to work for, and she finds learning all about the fascinating model horse hobby to be a deeply rewarding experience.

Julie Keim

Painting Artist

Julie Keim joined Stone Horses almost at the beginning - in 1999! With a penchant for appaloosas that has stayed consistent over the years, you can always count on Julie to bring deep dimension, a solid real horse perspective, and strong overall aesthetics to her pieces. In her spare time Julie enjoys painting customized models and resins, and taking her artwork and Original Finish models to shows around the greater mid-west area.

Carrie Keller

Production Manager & Horse Chaos Coordinator

Carrie Keller joined the Stone Horses team in 2002 doing prep for paint work, and then she moved into the paint room where she’s created some of Stone’s most iconic works. Over time her organizational skills and ability to see the path to finished models through the whole business landed her in our Production Manager role, where she ensures everyone at Stone has what they need to do their best work. We still work hard to get her into the paint room, because she remains an absolutely phenomenal painter.

Angela Marleau

Painting Artist

Angela Marleau joined the team in 2020, and one of her favorite things to paint has always been Design-A-Horse. The uniqueness of each piece combined with knowing you’re bringing someone’s dream model to life is the best! Angela also creates stunning works of art that are all of her own design, including more recently learning to do factory customizations to add wings, turn heads and necks, swish tails, and more. In her spare time Angela enjoys live music, time with her family, and taking care of her veritable menagerie of pets!

Carissa Mathews

Painting & Customizing Artist

Carissa Mathews has been a part of the Stone Horses team for several years, starting in just customizing and more recently learning to paint! Her first painted run was for Moonlight Madness 2025 and she sold out instantly, which is a wonderful reflection of the magic that happens when Carissa both customizes and then paints models! Bringing inventive new ideas to both types of model horse art, she is the backbone of our Rule of Three series, creating three extremely cool EFCM models each month. In her spare time, Carissa enjoys various conventions, costuming, and creating all sorts of incredible sketches and paintings.

Melanie Miller

Painting Artist & Customizing Supervision Artist

Mel Miller has worked for Stone Horses since July 2025, though she has been deeply involved in the model horse hobby since 1992. Originally from Woodinville, Washington, her favorite part of the job is crafting pieces for guest artists and sharing a special connection with the hobby community. When she isn't in the studio, Mel loves video games and RPGs, especially Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Mel’s mission is to create art that makes people happy and brings them joy.

Zoey Nickell

Detail Painting & Prepping Artist

Zoey joined the Stone Horses team as a detail painter, and has since trained on prepping as well! She is from nearby Sturgis, Michigan and appreciates the opportunity to experience and be a part of the beautiful art that is created here at Stone Horses. Outside of work, Zoey enjoys outdoor activities such as kayaking and pickleball with friends, as well as spending time with her adorable pup Maeve!

Ashley Palmer

Painting Artist

Ashley Palmer joined the team in 2022 and brought with her an incredible artistic perspective and attention to detail. She is deeply skilled in design work and in creating colors that glow from within, through her understanding of color theory and how our pigments intermingle to go in new directions under her mastery. A bay horse is not just a bay horse when Ashley paints it, and her pride in her work shows through every element. Along with Ellen, she is also skilled in character development and design. In her spare time Ashley enjoys games and anime, creating digital artwork, and spending time with her family.

Mackenzie Purdy

General Manager & Human Resources Artist

Mackenzie Purdy started at Stone Horses in September 2025, moving to Indiana from her home in New Jersey. Her absolute favorite part of the job is working events, where she gets to entertain the crowd and see her hobby friends. She has been riding horses since 2003, which is the same year she got her first model and became an avid collector. At Stone, she has loved learning all about the creative process of a horse from start to finish. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, cooking, and painting miniatures, in addition to spending time with her menagerie of pets!

Dawn Quick

Artist

Dawn Quick joined Stone Horses in 2006, and celebrates 20 years with Stone this year! Dawn’s artistic style is always distinctive, bringing bold colors and mural style depictions of nature, animals, and geometric patterning that she finds intriguing. In her spare time, Dawn cares for her tiny canine companion Jeffro who also accompanies her to work! She lives right in town here in Shipshewana and can be counted on to recommend great places to eat and visit. She also enjoys reading fantasy and sci-fi, elements she’s brought into her art regularly.

Eddie Reyes

Production Supervision Artist

Eddie Reyes has worked for Stone Horses since August 2024. Originally from Mexico, Eddie brings positive energy to his work preparing models for paint. Outside of work, he loves spending his free time playing guitar, drawing, painting, and gaming.

Anna Rieck

Painting Artist

Anna joined the team in 2025, bringing with her years of experience in the model horse hobby that gives her special insights into what collectors are likely to be interested in! She also has a wealth of real horse experience and has enjoyed bringing one of her favorite real horses into model horse form with Strikes My Fancy in the Perfectly Performance line! In her spare time, Anna enjoys painting customized models and resins, and then taking her art to shows around the area.

Monica Rink

Shipping & QC Coordination Artist

Monica Rink has worked for Stone Horses for about 7.5 years. Originally from Middlebury, her favorite memory is the fascination of walking into a model horse show for the first time and learning all about the deep passion and joy in the collector community. She puts incredible care into packaging the models, knowing how deeply they are cherished by collectors. Outside of work, she enjoys kayaking, helping out on her family's farm, and being around animals. During her time here, Monica has embraced a continuous learning curve, always adjusting to changes, listening to customer feedback, and picking up new skills; always aiming to give customers a truly special experience.

Sabrina Rios

Prepping Artist

Sabrina Rios started at Stone Horses in April of 2025. Local to Indiana, her favorite thing about working here is how incredibly well taken care of, appreciated, and supported the employees are by management. Outside of work, Sabrina loves spending time with her family, crocheting, reviving flowers, gardening, and playing with her dogs. She is deeply grateful to Erin for everything she does to create such an encouraging workplace.

Ellen Robbins

Painting & Social Media Artist

Ellen joined the team in November of 2020, and quickly took her place as the resident scientist, and later morphed her role to storyteller through both her painted artwork and her actual writing. The driving force behind our model horse character creation efforts, Ellen loves multifaceted art that synergizes into a world of visual beauty that is bookended, sometimes quite literally, with cohesive stories and entire worlds contained in words and models. You can see thoughtfulness in her paint designs if you pay enough attention; every detail has a purpose. In her spare time, Ellen enjoys tabletop and RPG gaming, conventions and faires with her family, and time with her dog, Cash!

Matt Samuels

Customizing Artist

Matt Samuels has worked for Stone Horses for about 13 years!
Originally from Sturgis, Matt has been trained on every job in the factory from prep, to painting, to his current position in customizing! He has enjoyed attending Stone Horses shows and events, as well as honing his craft as a customizing artist. Outside of work, Matt likes to work on cars and spend time with his family.

Jody Searcy

Customer Service Artist

Jody Searcy has worked for Stone Horses since February 2019. Originally from Minnesota, her favorite part of working here is the tight-knit group of coworkers and getting along well with everyone. She enjoys learning about the hobby and seeing just how passionate our collector community is! Outside of work, Jody enjoys reading books, as well as building dollhouses and furnishing them with miniatures!

Andrea Thomason

Detail Painting Artist

Andrea Thomason joined Stone Horses back in 1997, staying with us as the company has blossomed into what it is today! Her favorite part of the job is bringing life to the models by painting their eyes with tons of tiny details. Outside of work, Andrea enjoys spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and she remains very active in her church.

Lesa Weaver

Prepping Artist

Lesa Weaver has worked for Stone Horses for just over a year now. Originally from California, her favorite part of the job is the tight-knit family and community feel within the factory. Her biggest learning curve has been mastering different techniques and determining the best tools for each part of the job. Outside of work, she loves adding to her unique heart-shaped rock collection and petting her adorable dog, Hiccup!

Madi Wiseman

Painting Artist

Madi joined the team just a few months ago, in the summer of 2026, bringing with her many years of model horse experience and a strong presence in the Stone Horses community! Madi’s work brings that attention to detail and she is already excelling at Level Ten skills like dappling and complex shading and dun factoring. In her spare time Madi enjoys time with her family as well as continuing to collect and show model horses!

Kaitlynn Wolfe Shemick

Prepping & Small Horse Coordination Artist

Kaitlynn Wolfe celebrated her 4-year anniversary with Stone Horses this July! Originally from Michigan, her favorite part of working here is seeing all the creativity the artists bring to life. Her role requires an incredible attention to detail, which is a skill she also uses in her favorite hobbies outside of work. In her free time, Kaitlynn loves to bake and create art, and she regularly brings in delicious homemade baked goods for everyone to enjoy!

Sybil Yoder

Prepping Artist

Sybil recently joined the team as a prepping artist in April 2026. She is from Auburn, and her favorite part of working at Stone is getting to handcraft a piece of art and seeing it come to life as it moves through production! Outside of work, she enjoys baking, reading, playing video games, and walking her adorable pups, Paisley and Shadow!