Carousel Horse - Done At Last!

 24"x36" oils

This has been a long time coming. Back in June of 2021 I posted about this carousel horse. This is the large version that has been on my easel since August of 2020. I have dabbled with it on and off for over 4 years! So much experimenting! So many different color combinations! If you have clicked on the June of 2021 link you know that the original photo was black and white so the sky was the limit for me. My imagination could take over and do what it wanted. Well, I'm not great at skies being limits. I need boundaries. Haha! That is why it has taken me so long to just get it done.

Here are some of the directions I went in. Mind you, these are all the same canvas. I just kept changing my mind. It would sit for about a year and then I would paint over the top.

August 2020

June 2022

Also June 2022

April 2023

June 2024

Here I took an old toothbrush, loaded it with a light, creamy color paint, and flicked it all over the canvas.

Still June 2024

This is where I got excited about it. I really liked this. But, I kept changing things because this piece had become one huge experiment.

July

August

Okay, so now I'm second guessing myself. Did I go too far? Looking at these, I wish I could go back to August. Oh well. Still, a painting I'm happy with. It's for sale for a million dollars.

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