Artist: Shirley Flinn
Location: Lacombe, Alberta.
Dimensions: 16×20
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Website: www.shirleyflinn.com
Comments By The Artist: I was really drawn to this image, I saw it on a horse rescue calendar. I contacted the publisher of the calendar and got the name of the owner of the image, and received permission to paint it. I changed the background, and added color to the horses coat and repositioned the horse on the canvas.
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Sandra Wellborn on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 2:11 pm
Wow. Love what the artist has done with this subject. Very nice brushwork and enhancement of image.
Tammy on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 2:27 pm
nice work! I love horses and you captured it so well.
Mark Juby on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 2:43 pm
What a wonderful sense of movement.
Bernie Rosage Jr. on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 2:44 pm
Great sense of motion… this painting has life!
Deborah Stinson on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 2:58 pm
Very nice! Beautiful Horse.
Amanda on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 3:00 pm
I really like the colours on this painting and after having seeing your other work on your website I can see you`re a very talented painter. It`s isn`t easy to capture the finer points of animals, especially in motion. Thank you for showing us your excellent art!
Joseph Sobel on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 3:25 pm
Those block of color shapes within the horse are really neat. It works, well. I can’t give any constructive criticism, again, because i can’t paint in oils. The composition of horse placed within the space given adds to the motion of the horse. Very nice job.
Paul McCall on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 3:46 pm
Beautifully done great command of light and shadow and the colors you choose to add demotion works just the way you wanted them to very good.
June Smith on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 4:14 pm
Oh wow Shirley
I am working real hard on animal pencil sketches at the moment
this is absolutely gorgeous
I love it
June Smith
Saso on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 4:32 pm
Great work….Ths is the best painted horse I have ever seen.
wilma on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 4:41 pm
I think its a wonderful painting
Wayne Cooper on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 7:13 pm
Georgeous!!!
I applaud your use of non-traditional colours in the piece….they absoluty work for you.
Keep up the fine work.
Virginia Goodnight on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 7:33 pm
This is absolutely gorgious. You have captured the coat beautifully. It looks like velvet. I just love this horse. Good work Shirley.
Liz Teed on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 7:50 pm
I think you have captured the history of pain on the horse’s face. Lovely work
Joy McKenzie on Wed, 13th Aug 2008 9:54 pm
WOW a magnificent painting..Great job very well done
Joy in Australia
Ingrid on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 1:00 am
Hi Shirley,
This horse is beautifully painted and your use of color and the variety of edges are quite nice, showing action!
I would like to offer a couple of suggestions. The shadow shape could be a lighter value and not so dark and solid, especially going off into the corner of your picture frame. Don’t let the shadows “steel the show”!
The other suggestion would be to change, ever so slightly, the right side of the horse as we are looking at it. The negative space against this side of the horse almost forms a straight line in the middle of the painting. A slight turn of the head of the horse into this large negative space on the right side of the painting would draw attention to the face of the horse and make for a more interesting shape in that very important part of the painting!
Keep painting, keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing with all of us!
Ingrid
John on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 1:05 am
Great picture, the work of a real pro.
Shyam Wadwankar on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 4:22 am
Only one word.
“Fantastic”
Valerie Sasaki on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 4:55 am
Beautiful! I really admire your use of color. great subject.
Gill on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 11:16 am
A lovely painting. The colours are great and you have captured movement beautifully.
Lelija Roy on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 12:13 pm
Love the way you used the shadow to lead the eye into the painting.
Great work!
Mary on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 2:38 pm
Wonderful! You’ve captured the strength and grace of horses here. The colors are great too!
Mary Ann on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 3:36 pm
Shirley, this is a very beautiful painting,very well done.
Vidya on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 5:16 pm
Hello Shirley.,
This work of yours is really wonderful..
Very well done.,
Jayne Cummins on Thu, 14th Aug 2008 8:03 pm
Fabulous, you’ve captured everything, anatomically, character, definition. I like the way you kept the background to a minimum making the whole focus on the horse.
Jayne
Soroya on Fri, 15th Aug 2008 10:56 am
Shirley,
The one thing that I thought when I saw your horse was the wonderful sense of Movement. Then I read some of the other comments truly the horse moves me. The shadows I think give the piece a mysterious look.
Thanks for sharing Great Work
Pat on Fri, 15th Aug 2008 6:51 pm
Beautiful work!!!
karen on Fri, 15th Aug 2008 8:13 pm
great muscle tone, action, personality, color scheme complimentary, striking, positive/negative spaces great, makes you want to stand and see if he will run by, good emotional draw, sensory of the eyes and the heart
Nicole Castro on Mon, 18th Aug 2008 1:37 pm
Shirley, this is wonderful! I like the contrast, choice of color, and movement. I especially enjoy all the colors you employ in the shadows. Great website too – you have a great range.
Thanks for sharing your work with us!
Adele Gregory on Mon, 18th Aug 2008 4:55 pm
I think you’ve captured a lot about his personality, what he’s been through and his strength.
Bud Sutton on Mon, 25th Aug 2008 6:26 pm
Excellent work! Dont think Ive ever seen better. Obviously You excel with this medium. Thanks for sharing.