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EQUINE MOODS

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Oct

The Body

It wriggles, it moves, it waves… the body is a beautiful organic mechanism. I drown under the horizon, I undulate under the vibrations of the rain 🌧, I welcome the sun 🌤 & I vibrate in unison with the waves of winds. 🌪

Freedom is knowing how to enjoy these moments of nature in communion. It’s intense, vibrant. I was born to feel and I react accordingly. I am life and energy. I am calm and lonely, surrounded by my people.

This horse has come up interfering in the Endlessly Collection. He was well welcomed among the herd!

✨Painting on canvas, 81 x 65 cm
☀️ Available on my website

Oct

Australia Commission

Helen & Mark wished 2 paintings for their new houses, they explained to me their project and what they wanted.

I’m able to speak to you about the first one now as they have received it a few times ago.

The asking was to start from a former painting I’ve made with other colors and in a bigger size (very much bigger!). And here is what I’ve created! Tadaaaa 🥰

If I have to write about him, it would be something like that:

“I am not what you think, I am so much more than that. A sort of talisman, a revealing. Deep down inside, it’s about knowing what will make you happy. Maybe I could take you there in your dreams? Keep the eyes wide open.”

So I wish him and Helen & Mark a ton of happiness.🧡

*** 146 x 97 cm – not available

Oct

Painting from Detaille

I’ve made this painting in 2009 from a painting of Jean Edouard Detaille. I still have it in my studio.

At that time I loved very (very) expressive attitudes and this one matched well that desire.

At my age (not that old 😬), I think I’m much more in the subtlety of the feelings, not anymore in the obvious ones. Even if I love them anyway.

Did you see that one ear and tail was there 🥳 ?

*** painting on paper stretched on a wood frame, 80×80 cm

Oct

Look at Me

Why are you looking at me? Are you looking at me? At you? Maybe a little of both, you look at me to look at you.

So what do you see?

🦉 New painting available on my website

Oct

Ears or Not Ears?

This thing about ears that seem to miss for some people. While for others, they even noticed that they don’t appear.

It fascinates me.

It was at first an unconscious choice as if intuitively I knew that ears don’t do everything.

Finally, little by little, it was a real choice from me. I think that ears are too obvious for equestrian people, I don’t want them to be focused on them too much. I want them to be able to really feel what the horse sends back to them as a sensation. Because that feeling can change from one day to another.

Sometimes, the horse will be serene, other times, he’ll be curious or a bit intrigued. If I would have painted the ears, there wouldn’t be this infinite possibility.

The last thing is that the central point in my portraits is the eyes. I want the focus to be on the eyes. They tell so much.

🙉 The question for you is: is this horse doesn’t allow you to feel something, even without ears?

🌙 this painting is available on my etsy shop
⭐️ painting on canvas, 50×50 cm

Oct

Message

What if they could talk to you, what would they tell you?
The message of the day from these three horses or from the painting… what if it was a bit of both?

“I look at myself and I look at you. I’m one at the same time as the other two. I’m not aware of myself and yet I am. I’m there with the others. I am according to the others. I’m one and at the same time I’m the herd, like the drop of water and the ocean.

Look at yourself as we look at each other, without judgment, without preconceived ideas. For a moment, look at the other as if they are a part of you too. You are also one but also a herd of human beings. You are a drop of water and you are also the ocean.”

Oct

Hierarchy 3/3

… After that, they’ll be the best friends ever and you’ll have all of the world’s evils to separate them… 😏

True story that I’m sure you’d share with me 😬

🌼 charcoal drawing on paper, 84 x 59,4 cm
👉 available on my etsy shop

Oct

Hierarchy 2/3

… Most of the time quietly but with energy, without even touching the other.

With just the dance of the ears, the ballet of the tail, the harmonious but efficient choreography of the body… they’ll understand that everyone has their own place and should keep it.

For the health and balance of the herd…
[the end on the post after]

🌼 charcoal drawing on paper, 84 x 59,4 cm
👉 available on my etsy shop

Sep

Hierarchy 1/3

The hierarchy at first it’s like a dance. Each looks to the other, each spy on the other from out of the corner of their eyes…

At one time or another, one will take the lead and would explain to the other that he/she is the boss…
[Next on the post after]

🌼 charcoal drawing on paper, 84 x 59,4 cm
👉 available on my etsy shop

Sep

No Words

Sometimes words are not needed. Just feel the picture, enter into the painting, experience the emotions felt, go through the colors, beyond the lines and surface… and let all those emotions surface without analyzing them, just feel et let them live and go.

🌟 If you want, tell me what did you feel?

🌼 painting on yupo paper, 48 x 34 cm
👉 available on my etsy shop

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