Apache pony Whinny #2 Painting

Apache pony Whinny #2 has a brother painting in Apache pony Whinny #1 I was inspired to paint this series after a deeply influential time in the wild open expanses of the Californian desert and in the Spanish sierras. Expansive in many senses, such a vast land, free, open, and generous like the people that I met and warmth and the wonderful natural light. These paintings are optimistic that the world is opened out and is filled with color and I express it once again with my horses and their native American symbols incorporated into the working of these paintings I have observed, worked with, and painted horses since childhood, they are my enduring inspiration. I love working with, visiting, and studying the natural aptitudes of horses, I am drawn to the lines of their form, the style in their freedom of movement, their social behaviour, inquisitiveness, and the trust in the wisdom in their eyes. I paint spontaneously to convey the essence of captured movement and expression. High-quality acrylics, varnishes, and inks build up the patina, adding and detracting paint; using palette knives, brushes, fingers, making marks with trailed paint, sticks, and feathers.