Rock Art Horses

9" x 12"

Here is an example of one of my color samples inspiring a subject. I have been wanting to do some rock art horse paintings for quite awhile now, but didn't have the components in my head as to how I was going to do it. I've seen lots of rock art paintings, some really well done and some that is tacky and "motif" like. The best rock art of all are the amazing originals, and though I have never been to the cave of Lascaux in France, I have been up close and personal with some pretty cool petroglyphs in Wyoming.

So a little color sample I did the other day reminded me of a warm, rocky texture, and it inspired my first rock art painting. It mostly was unplanned, I "found" the horses after the initial colors were painted.