By
Dara Daniel
Piece description from the artist
I was inspired to paint this horse's profile because of the low soft light illuminating the front of this orange/red horse. I also love the elegant curve of the neck and positive and negative shapes within this painting’s composition.
To create texture and to build up the form of the horse I applied lots of molding paste. Then once dried, I layered contrasting colors beginning with deep violets and blues for the shadows and background then various tones of reds and oranges for the light. Then, to bring this painting to completion, I added the details and the blaze which made a perfect focal point.
The natural world and her love for animals inspire Dara Daniel's Acrylic on canvas, mixed-media paintings. She combines bold colors and shapes and lots of textures to create fun, playful interpretations of horses and other animal spirits.
For all her paintings, she combines all the available elements of design to express rhythms and energy and moods and emotion. Dara explains, "Each painting experience is unique yet, my goal for all my paintings is to capture a degree of nature's passionate spirit, joy, and beauty."
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