Description
Horses – four at full gallop toward the viewer
Painting on canvas drives four horses at full gallop straight out of the picture, two white and two in a dark, almost graphite blue, built from very few but very decided strokes with the ground still showing between them — wall art in which the legs cannot be counted, and that is exactly why the movement reads as fast. The ground behind is greenish grey and blurred, as though dust were rising.
Technique and texture
The paint is set down with a knife and a wide bristle and never corrected, so each pass stays legible as a trace of speed. The pale horses are made from clean white and grey with cool reflections; the dark two from blue-black deposits with narrow bright edges. The bottom edge is dusted with small gold-ochre impressions that suggest lifted ground.
The motif
The heads are set at different heights and none of them is fully drawn — manes and legs merge into the ground in places, so the movement stays unfinished. The front pair are larger and sharper, the back two blurred, which builds depth without any perspective drawing at all.
Setting and placement
A dark, held-back palette is strong above dark furniture or against a grey wall. Hang it in a living room, a study or a foyer where a motif with some energy is wanted.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, knife and bristle deposits, uncorrected strokes, gold-ochre impressions
- Palette: white, grey, graphite blue, greenish grey, gold-ochre
- Ideal for: living rooms, home offices, foyers
- Character: dynamic, powerful, expressive
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Horses in landscape or portrait
The four galloping horses are painted in 15 sizes: twelve landscape ones from 60 x 41 to 260 x 180 cm and three upright ones, 55 x 85, 70 x 110 and 100 x 150 cm. Over a sofa of about 200 cm, 130 x 90 or 140 x 95 cm is right; over a 160 cm bed, 110 x 75 cm; over a 180 cm bed, 120 x 83 cm. A narrow wall in a foyer or beside a wardrobe suits the upright 70 x 110 cm, and a stairwell the 100 x 150 cm.
Pick YES under Stretcher and the canvas with its white and graphite-blue horses arrives on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. The frame is optional, since the Frame menu starts at Without frame, and the dark palette of the horses does not ask for one. Delivery takes 15–45 days. Every knife and wide-brush stroke on the horses is hand-painted and left uncorrected, so this painting is not a print.
Horses: answers before you order
Which upright size of Horses suits a narrow wall?
For a narrow foyer wall choose 70 x 110 cm, for a taller wall by the stairs 100 x 150 cm; the smaller 55 x 85 cm fits above a console.
Which size of the galloping horses goes over a sofa?
For a sofa of about 200 cm, 130 x 90 or 140 x 95 cm; over a 300 cm sofa, 200 x 140 cm.
Is Horses a printed painting?
No, the white and graphite-blue bodies are set down with a knife and a wide brush and never corrected, and the gold-ochre dots along the bottom edge are added one by one.
Can I order the four horses in a size that is not among the 15?
Of course, write to us about a painting made to order and tell us about the wall you have in mind for the galloping horses.
