Bäckahäst in Harness
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.


















