This is one of the String series of paintings of polo ponies I started a few years ago, "String 7", 3 x 6 feet. I started taking pictures of the matches at Palm Beach and fell in love with the unexpected angles and compositions, but I still have reservations about the way these mares are ridden. Isn't it possible to ride without the tie-downs and gag bits? Anyway, I love the images, and I hope someday to paint them in life size scale; that would be amazing to see. (And that's what we paint for, so we can see the idea made real.)
Imagine renaissance tapestries of battle scenes, remove everything but the horse as I have done, and place them side by side next to these...
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