Its the 2nd to last day of this challenge and I spent most of the day photographing and framing my work.. As the holiday season approaches, art galleries are refreshing their art and hanging new shows.. which means doing all of the finishing things to my paintings to get them ready! Pictures and labels of my work are due for 3 shows this weekend and then I have a few more after that, so I've got my work cut out for me. But enough about that, because this is supposed to be a post about today's painting...
Today's painting is titled Gabriel's Steed. I took this picture when I was out plein air painting at the Derry Edain horse farm and met a beautiful white horse. In fact, I took about 40 pictures of that horse.. so many that I considered doing a white horse painting series.. and still may. So, this would be the 2nd in that series, I suppose.. the first being "Moment of Clarity" which I posted last week some time. I decided to keep this one more of a study because I am still learning about horse anatomy. I feel lucky that the white horse let me pet her so much... allowing me to explore her cheeks and down her nose and neck.. It's really the first time I was able to do that and I think it may help me in future paintings.
The story about the title, it is said that God gave the arch angel Gabriel a white spirit horse as a gift at some point in cosmic history... that horse was named Haizum and had wings and could travel between the spiritual and physical realms, carrying Gabriel through so he could bring God's messages to mankind. I kind of like that story, and as I've mentioned, I kind of liked that white horse. So, I'll think of her as Haizum, Gabriel's steed.. :)
Gabriel's Steed, Oil, 8"x8", to purchase click here
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