Blue Horse Dreaming

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"Blue Horse Dreaming" is currently available. For exhibition, this limited edition 12x18 piece is printed on Kodak ENDURA Metallic paper and will be shown in an 8 ply museum quality matte and a 20x26 frame.

                                                                                                                                                                

Typical of my process, I am not entirely certain where the idea of using these colors came from.  While working on the rough draft of this piece I wasn't certain where the image was going, but I knew it was calling out for something that I hadn't yet put my finger on.  Eventually, moonlight popped into my mind and that is what I felt triggered the blue. Now, I am not sure which came first— the color, or the word moonlight.

This gelding is an explosive horse—full always, it seems, with almost more energy than his body can contain. He loves to run for the sheer joy of feeling his hooves eat up the space and releasing some of that energy that he is bursting with. With him coming straight at me, raising dust around him, it was if he looked me in the eye and said, "Take note of my power. Make room for me." 

Blue is often associated with calm and peace, but according to some it is the symbol of freedom, independence, and power. (Note how many state and national flags contain the color.) I don't think that in this case, the color has much to do with peace. Perhaps, this horse had some voice in choosing the colors that made their way into this image. Maybe the notion of moonlight was only a hint that took me to closer to the story. I wonder what stories this piece tells you.