The Magical World of Horses
by Suzana Stojanovic Suza, an equine artist and a writer
Original Pastel Horse Art
Horse portrait - Realism
In mysterious world of painting portraits of horses have always been a royal challenge. These portraits capture a rich palette of moods of these pets with slender legs, they catch what the greatest experts in horses' soul suspect and feel, but very often cannot present this knowledge...The whole eternity made of rare precious stones is reflected in horses' eyes. Their eyes reflect a secret world, which is galloping right beside our everyday world of oblivion - the world that is close to all of us, but unclear just as the thud of horses' hooves in the blue distance of the twilight...
Original art - white Arabian horse portrait, eye, dark space, night - realism
Memories 2001.
pastel, 42x32 cm
private collection
Original art - horses portraits, mane, dark space, night - realism
Love 2001.
pastel, 31x29 cm
private collection
Original art - Arabian horse portrait, eye, dark space, night - realism
Flame 2006.
pastel, 35x34 cm
private collection

Original art - horse portrait, eye, equipment, dark space, night - realism
Might 2001.
pastel, 43x28 cm
private collection
Original art - horse portrait, mane, equipment, dark space, night - realism
Rage 2001.
pastel, 30x31 cm
private collection
Original art - horse portrait, eyes, mane, dark space, night - realism
Well 2001.
pastel, 29x34 cm
private collection
Original art - horse portrait, mane, equipment, dark space, night - realism
Curl 2001.
pastel, 40x30 cm
private collection
Original art - Zebras portraits, eyes, dark space, night - realism
Zebras 2001.
pastel, 40x60 cm
private collection
Original art - Arabian horse portrait, eye, equipment - realism
Pride 2001.
pastel, 42x31 cm
private collection
Original art - white Arabian horse portrait, eye, mane, equipment, dark space, night - realism
Bride 2001.
pastel, 42x29 cm
private collection
Original art - horses portraits, eye, equipment, dark space, night - realism
The Prince and The Beggar 2001.
pastel, 29x33 cm
private collection
Original art - black horse portrait, eye, equipment - realism
Sadness 2001.
pastel, 40x30 cm
private collection

George Stubbs, who supported himself by painting the portraits of race-horses (and sometimes painted also their owners), developed one new way of painting of horses with strong feeling of magnificence and cruelty of nature. While spending his time in North Africa he heard the story how a horse killed by a lion. He heard this story from eye witnesses of this event. This scenery flamed the artist's imagination and created a painting called "A Horse attacked by a Lion". The artist emotionally identified with the horse and with his true whiteness, beauty and strengths that dramatically and symbolically stands off unearthly cliffs of lion's dwelling. Heavy stormy clouds, rolling in the sky, strengthen this doomed atmosphere. The unfortunate horse, equally frightened by this storm that is approaching, seems helpless before the destructive strength of nature. Horse showed in the painting provokes different feelings, fusion of worship and horror. Stubbs longs to subscribe human features and feelings to horses.
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