"BLACK STALLION"40" x 40"
Acrylic on Textured and Gold Leaf Canvas
The "Black Stallion" painting was a commission painted for a
newly redecorated home. It will hang over the fireplace in
the large "lodge type" big room of the home owned by
a lovely lady named Della!
The colors in the painting blend with the rich warm
tones in this huge room with exposed beams, wooden floors
and two rock fireplaces. I am so pleased that this painting is at
home in this wonderful room and will be
viewed by Della's family and friends.
The painting process on this 40 x40 inch painting was different from
my regular painting surfaces. First I added a textured surface
with a palette knife and a thick compound to give the
surface lots of rough bumps and crevices.
Then my friend and co-hart in crime, Connie, helped me
apply gold leaf sheets in an abstract pattern on the surface.
After painting warm burnt sienna, gold and orange colors as a
base which toned down the gold leaf, I painted the horse from
a photo of some friends horse whose name is "Bugs".
This painting was a challenge but very exciting and fun
in so many ways. I kept the subject matter simple but there
is a lot of interest in the painting surface with
all the textures and colors.
Hope you have enjoyed the painting, the process and it's home.
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