Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Dark Horse


Here is my latest equine fine art painting for a horse owner client. They used to own this guy as a show horse but had to retire him due to arthritis in his back end. His name was Stanby Slew and he was a grandson of the great, undefeated, 1977 Triple Crown Winner, Seattle Slew. From what my client has said, he looked almost exactly like his famous grandfather. I love his soulful, proud eye (always my favorite part of a horse to paint). Enjoy!

4 comments:

Eric Braddock said...

Bravo! This is beautiful :) what are the dimensions of this piece? Well done, Michele, very cool.

Daniel Fishel said...

SOLID!

Michele Melcher Illustration said...

Thanks guys! It is about 8"x10". Watercolor.

Unknown said...

amazing detail. love this

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