New Forest Horses With Light And Shade - oil painting

New Forest Horses With Light And Shade - oil painting

New Forest Horses With Light And Shade - oil painting

Painted in June 2017, this painting shows show horses on a sunny day out in the New Forest, Hampshire, on the south coast of the UK. Horses, cattle and donkeys are all freely able to roam around the national park and can be found in the towns and villages as well as the countryside. The painting highlights a hot, sunny day with strong shadows and a sense of the beating light and heat on the animals.
The artwork is done in oil paint on mounting board, sized at 20” x 16”, and can be viewed here in a larger format.

three horses in field oil painting

three horses in field

Three horses are shown in a field in this oil painting, painted during late summer 2012. Two of the horses are black, the other brown. They are taken from a photograph of horses in the New Forest. I then placed them in to a composition using a photograph of a field from another location. I enjoyed painting the three horses, in particular the shine on their coats, as I had only ever painted one other horse previously. The brightness of the grass helps to show the form of the dark horses well. Painted on a canvas sized at 20” x 16”.