IN THE tranquil streets of Warwick, two retired artists have been working away quietly in a little downstairs studio to produce some of country's the most renowned historical artwork of the Australian Light Horse.

Ron and Jennifer Marshall's attention to detail and accuracy has earned the Warwick couple a reputation that has seen their artwork adorn the walls of Australian Prime Ministers and grace the floor of the Victorian Parliament.

But they never set out to paint war.

"We met in an art gallery in Mackay and bonded over a love of painting horses and the Australian bush,” Mrs Marshall said.

But shortly after their artistic collaboration blossomed into a marriage, Ron decided to take his paintbrush in a different direction.

"Ron suddenly decided that he wanted to paint the Light Horse and I said what on earth do you want to paint war for?” Mrs Marshall said.

It was only when Mrs Marshall saw a re-enactment of the Australian Light Horse and started reading their stories that she felt truly compelled to paint the historic scenes.

"Those men and those horses gave so much of themselves,” she said. "We are storytellers, that's what we do. This is our way of telling those stories.”

Indeed, an incredible amount of research goes into to creating their artistic reproductions of the scenes from World War I.

Before they even pick up the paintbrush, Mr and Mrs Marshall spend hours pouring over books and historical records to help them recreate the picture in their mind.

"There are no photographs of the images we paint, it's all scenes we have composed from lots of reading and research,” Mrs Marshall said.

Once the idea is set, the painting is drawn up on a computer and then slowly, piece by piece, they begin to bring the image from to life with a paintbrush.

The results are stunning and the accuracy of their depictions is admired by many.

"You have to get the setting and all the equipment right, and the exhaustion and the courage of the riders,” Mr Marshall said.

"There was a special companionship between the horse and the man... they relied on each other, they slept together and ate together.

"These little things are very important to the fellas working over there and when you get it right they really appreciate it.”

One of the highlights of Mr and Mrs Marshall's joint career as war painters was when the Military Shop in Canberra selected their work to appear on a series of limited edition memorabilia for the 100th anniversary of the Charge of Beersheba on October 31, 1917.

A medal with Ron's painting on one side and Jennifer's on the other was presented to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his New Zealand and Israeli counterparts at a commemoration of the historic charge.

But while the time put into these paintings makes their work invaluable, it is a labour of love for the couple.

Mr and Mrs Marshall said few Warwick residents knew about their artwork, but the legacy of the Light Horse is alive in the town.

"A lot of people from Warwick were in the Light Horse,” Mrs Marshall said.

And if you love horses, it certainly seems like a pretty good place to settle down.