More Horses

CHALLENGER

SPOOKED

Hello again, these two paintings are basically the same concept.  The Challenger came to me as I was looking at a small Danbury mint model I have of a Duesenberg.  The original idea was the person driving a 300 horsepower vehicle creating dust and smoke in their  wake and also forming the image of the horses and chariot.  Upon completing this work I realized I spent too much time on the anatomy of the horses and made them look less "dream-like".  I still like the painting but it didn't meet my initial visualization of the work.  This is what can happen if I don't take the time to draw the image out and study

it before committing to canvas.   So I decided I would work on another piece  only this time plan it out through sketches and drawings to see what would work best to represent my vision of "ghost horses".  I named this second piece Spooked.