The gold standard horse forms for me are the classic Baroque horses. I love these strong and somewhat fat rounded shapes on thin legs. And that arched Roman profile! Oh! Therefore, when I first saw the paintings of Johann Hamilton, the horses from his paintings stole my heart forever. And the question of how soon I would get to sculpting such a picture horse was only a matter of time.
George is the second horse of the "Embodied Equine Images" release.Initially, I wanted to make an exact picture copy in sculpture, but the work process made changes to the overall look. The more I immersed myself into modeling, the more I understood that what looks good in painting on a flat canvas looks sadly in volume.
Therefore, I decided to leave the general picture image and some stylization, but it remains my author's interpretation of the classic picture.
I sculptured George performing the high school element, piaffe. It would be just impossible to imagine the EEI release without this element.
I made George as elegant and soft as possible. His neck is a bit up and round, his head is almost in vertical position and slightly turned inwards. His mane and tail are decorated with detailed braids and ribbons. Thanks to wide tail base it's very stable.
There is a light waltz element in the whole picture indeed.
Size - Paddock Pals/Little Bits
Scale 1:24
Height: 4.3" (11 сm), length: 4.7" (12 cm)
Edition open