Hello World, This Is Me

📸 @bjuhlphotography for Shawn McMillen Photography

a little something i noticed about the clouds today :)

Four Horses, details from a 17th century Persian manuscript.

AGANIX DU SEIGNEUR Z - Zangersheide

Ingemanns Puerto Rico - Knabstrupper Colt

You are strongly advised not to feed the ducks in this pond.

“She is my mare and my best friend, and I keep waiting for something bad to happen to her, because I love her too much.” -The Scorpio Races

The Husbands Ever

With this painting I wanted to explore the idea of kelpie or bäckahäst geting captured and put to work. I wanted to see how much of that vibe I could convey without any obvious signifiers. I was inspired in part by Schiller's poem Pegasus in Harness, except I thought a blood thirsty water horse would fare better than Pegasus and people would know better than to mess with it. I didn't use any specific references and just used a couple of photos to inspire the pose and keep the harness more or less accurate. I used acrylic paint on paper.

Prettiest little mare in all the land. 🩷🦄