New Work: A Wild Spirit, oil on panel, 24 x 30 inches

Oil on Panel, 24in x 30in

$3775 in gallery-quality frame

About this oil:

The challenge with this piece also ended up being a great joy: how to paint a white horse on a light background without the whole thing looking boring and flat.

Lucky for me this horse wasn't pure white. He already had undertones of ochres, blues, and pinks on him -- I just needed to play those up a bit (and conversely, downplay the background).

I decided on an approach that would use energetic and loose brushwork, coupled with intensifying the actual colors of the horse. My first moves were with a dark blue/gray to establish the outline, followed by light, washy layers of grays, ochres, pinks, and turquoise.

I let the background go for a few sessions because I wasn't quite sure where I wanted to take it. Once a few layers of paint were on the horse, I decided on an approach for the background: minimalistic, but also carrying through it would be blushes of color that would mirror that of the horse. The very last touches were the darks and lights of the mane.

Price includes a gallery-quality frame. Frame options are available

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