Hilltop View
This painting makes my heart flutter a bit.
There's a definite order when it comes to fox hunting. There are usually three flights or fields; first (fast, of so fast and jumping and chaotic and stunning), second (still going along at a darn good pace, jumping and following right on the tails of first) and then the Hilltoppers (slower, reserved, no jumping and you better have a patient horse).
Why a patient horse for such a quiet group? We watch. While everyone else is mad dashing behind the huntsman and the hounds, we are on the hilltop watching it all unfold.
The sight takes your breath away. Every once in awhile the fields slow down bit and from the hilltop you watch them meander through the quiet sunlit forest. Magic.
Here is my interpretation of that moment. This painting is silent. The sun is dancing in and out of the tall pines. If you squint a bit you can just make out the riders in their finery.
The colors in this painting are rich and vivid. The paint is seriously thick (see detail) and completely put in with a palette knife. Somehow, with all that paint and vibrance and color this painting still reads as quiet and calm. Beautiful.
24 x 48" oil and cold wax on canvas. Gallery wrapped, so no need for a frame.
There's a definite order when it comes to fox hunting. There are usually three flights or fields; first (fast, of so fast and jumping and chaotic and stunning), second (still going along at a darn good pace, jumping and following right on the tails of first) and then the Hilltoppers (slower, reserved, no jumping and you better have a patient horse).
Why a patient horse for such a quiet group? We watch. While everyone else is mad dashing behind the huntsman and the hounds, we are on the hilltop watching it all unfold.
The sight takes your breath away. Every once in awhile the fields slow down bit and from the hilltop you watch them meander through the quiet sunlit forest. Magic.
Here is my interpretation of that moment. This painting is silent. The sun is dancing in and out of the tall pines. If you squint a bit you can just make out the riders in their finery.
The colors in this painting are rich and vivid. The paint is seriously thick (see detail) and completely put in with a palette knife. Somehow, with all that paint and vibrance and color this painting still reads as quiet and calm. Beautiful.
24 x 48" oil and cold wax on canvas. Gallery wrapped, so no need for a frame.