Original artwork description:

Horses are freedom-loving creatures!
Both in life and in my paintings, I often encounter personalities with their own opinions, which they prefer to express to me quite insistently. I can’t say that I dislike it. But sometimes I do feel a little upset that my own creative plans end up giving way to the characters themselves.
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I’ve long had a certain fear of painting black horses. Of course, when it comes to commissions, I always depict the horse’s real color, and if it’s black, then black it will be. But when it comes to my free works, the idea of a black horse usually never gets beyond a thought. Especially in painting.
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And so, full of determination to create a series of works with black horses, I take a canvas and start painting a black Akhal-Teke stallion. Boldly enough, I even add a black borzoi as his companion. But the day before, while flipping through old photos from my travels, I came across one stallion—a dark bay breeding horse that I had always liked. Not because of his color, but because to me he seemed incredibly beautiful and charismatic. I’ve often thought that one day I would definitely paint him.
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And then, suddenly and almost imperceptibly, my black Akhal-Teke begins to show some markings. Well, no big deal—perhaps just a sun-faded black coat. Or maybe he got a bit sunburnt under the bright summer sun. But gradually I begin to realize that things are going much further than a sun-bleached coat… and before I know it, the horse staring back at me from the canvas is no longer black at all.
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Well then… at least the dog stayed honestly black, and didn’t decide to turn piebald or chestnut.
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Materials used:

oil, acrylic, ink, markers

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