Herd Below the Golden Hill, Painterly Horse Landscape

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A herd of horses grazes in a fenced paddock beside a small pond at the foot of a big golden hill. The slope is covered in dry grass and scattered evergreen trees and lit with warm light. Blue sky with thin clouds and distant hazy mountains sit above, and sagebrush and green grass fill the foreground. The whole scene has a swirling, painterly texture like thick oil paint.

Someone wants this piece for the glowing golden hillside rising over a calm row of grazing horses. The swirling, thick-paint texture turns an ordinary pasture into something warm and storybook-like. It is a quiet, open-country scene with a clear focal row of horses, a big diagonal hill and a cool blue sky against warm ochre. Horse lovers will respond to the subject. Others will respond to the color and the painterly surface. Pure visual attraction is reason enough.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski.

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