Piece description from the artist
A Pony Express rider rides a pinto colored mustang as it gallops across the grassy plains of the American wild west. They move so fast that wind whips through the horse's mane and tail and lifts the mail satchel from the young man's back. In the distance behind them, fir trees emerge from the afternoon haze and further still snow covered peaks rise towards the afternoon sky.
The Pony Express is one of the most popular legends of the American West. It was, in fact, rather short lived running for only about a year and a have between spring of 1860 and fall of 1861. Even so, some of the riders became some of the most popular people of the Wild West. such as Buffalo Bill Cody.
This is actually another view of a pony express rider that I did a few years back (https://daniel-eskridge.pixels.com/featured/pony-express-daniel-eskridge.html) Where I had a tighter scene of the rider where you could not see all of the horse. For this one, I wanted the entire rider and horse in the scene shown in profile as if they are galloping across the composition. I wanted the scene to appear almost as if it were a logo that represented speed and reliability.
Daniel is a forty-something living in the Metro-Atlanta area, and he is one of the few people who was actually born and raised there. He is also married and has two sons and a daughter. By day, he works as software engineer at a small company. By night he is an artist producing realist works depicting scenes of American wildlife, farm animals, fantasy scenes, extinct animals, and images of the "American Wild West":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Frontier.
Daniel has dual degrees in computer science and fine art from the University of Georgia. Given his education, it would seem only natural for him to combine the two by producing art using a computer. Daniel practices a new form of art called "3D Rendering":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_rendering, a form of virtual sculpting with a computer. This form of art is utilized by film studios for special effects as well as animated movies, but it can be used to make stills as well. "Check out this video of Daniel creating a 3D rendering!":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoSvRhYPr4
Daniel’s interest in art began when he was young. As a fan of science fiction and fantasy novels, he became particularly interested in the works of the illustrators that appeared on the covers, such as "Frank Frazetta":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta and "Michael Whelan":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan. In college, he discovered the work of the "French Realists":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts), the "Pre-Raphaelites":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood, and the "Hudson River School":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School, which further influenced him and put his work on a course where nature was the dominant theme.
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