Original 16 x 20 Oil Painting
Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Ready to hang
Painted early 2021
I painted this as one of two pieces for the 2021 Villa Louis Carriage Classic in Prairie du Chien. I really enjoyed the event. There’s something about the whole setup — the horses, carriages, old clothes and historic surroundings — that feels like you’ve wandered into a different bit of time for the afternoon.
The Carriage Classic is a competitive horse-drawn carriage event with arena and obstacle classes, tied closely to the history of the Villa Louis site and its old Artesian Stock Farm. You can find more about the event at Villa Louis Carriage Classic.
That historical feel was a good match for the way I was painting at the time. My work leaned heavily toward turn-of-the-century modern art, and this scene gave me plenty to play with: a chestnut horse and driver moving through the center, spectators packed along the rail, and that enormous white tent pushing up into a bright blue sky.
I kept the brushwork loose and the color pushed. The horse is all warm rust and orange against cooler blue-green ground, while the crowd becomes a collection of quick shapes rather than a hundred individual portraits. I wasn’t about to paint every bloke in a hat.
Want a print instead? You can find prints of this piece here: The Carriage Classic.
Original 16 x 20 Oil Painting
Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Ready to hang
Painted early 2021
I painted this as one of two pieces for the 2021 Villa Louis Carriage Classic in Prairie du Chien. I really enjoyed the event. There’s something about the whole setup — the horses, carriages, old clothes and historic surroundings — that feels like you’ve wandered into a different bit of time for the afternoon.
The Carriage Classic is a competitive horse-drawn carriage event with arena and obstacle classes, tied closely to the history of the Villa Louis site and its old Artesian Stock Farm. You can find more about the event at Villa Louis Carriage Classic.
That historical feel was a good match for the way I was painting at the time. My work leaned heavily toward turn-of-the-century modern art, and this scene gave me plenty to play with: a chestnut horse and driver moving through the center, spectators packed along the rail, and that enormous white tent pushing up into a bright blue sky.
I kept the brushwork loose and the color pushed. The horse is all warm rust and orange against cooler blue-green ground, while the crowd becomes a collection of quick shapes rather than a hundred individual portraits. I wasn’t about to paint every bloke in a hat.
Want a print instead? You can find prints of this piece here: The Carriage Classic.