Two Geldings in a Paddock - Original Art

This painting is located at Insomnia Coffee, 3rd and Main Location, Hillsboro, Oregon for December. Purchases are handled in person in the cafe. Inquiries outside of the area, please contact me directly for instructions. 

Two Geldings in a Paddock, 18" x 24", mixed media on 1 1/2 Cradled Panel. Oil, Cold wax, Oil bar, Paper, Crayon. Float Framed in black with gold edge. This painting glows in person!

This painting has been juried into 'Cold Wax International - A Juried Exhibition' 2024. 839 entries, 78 selected.  Gallery of Accepted Works 

On any given day in my studio there are generally 3-4 paintings in progress and they fall into a working rotation. Sprinkled in between those days are a few Alla Prima sessions, where I aim to complete one painting on that particular day. There is also usually a painting that sits longer. I work on it sporadically; when I have some extra paint on my palette, or perhaps I'm experimenting with an idea. Such is the case with this, Two Geldings painting. 

Originally I started tight and thought the horses would be represented classically, however as I kept evolving through ideas, the traditional way just seemed – boring. Once the horses were marked in I created a paper mask to protect the figures and started laying in shapes, textures and colour in cold wax, crayons and oil bars. Then I ripped up some papers and old newsprint and layered them in the cold wax too. This completely disrupted the image the way I wanted. Then, uncovering the mask I worked the horses into the disruption. To complete the image I zoned in on editing and refining shapes in offset cross composition.