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HINDSIGHT
A photographer/artist friend of mine sent me a number of images thinking that I might like to utilize them for paintings. I rarely paint from anyone elses photos, believing that creation must begin and end with the artist. However, when I saw this photo, it stayed with me. There was something in the horses eye that I could not forget. In the preliminary sketches I simplified and balanced the composition. It is painted in pastels with an intense red underpainting that peeks through in a number of places. I believe this adds to the intensity in the artwork and also adds a unifying element of color. The unusual aspect of this piece is that when I first painted it, I saw a cheeky, intelligent and probably challenging horse (the original reference photo was actually taken shortly before he was gelded because he was too much of a handful for his owner). The red underpainting at this point added tension and little bits of electricity. However, somewhere in the process of creating this piece a friend looked at it and said she thought there was a bittersweet and wistful quality to it. She actually thought is should be titled "Remember Me." After that I found it difficult to see it any other way and now all I prefer to look at through sentimental eyes . . . same painting, two viewpoints. Joan Larson