"Rose Blush", 18" x 24", pastel on paper

School Horse, Detail

"Putting things into perspective" with pictures, School horse, 25.5" x 19.5", pastel on paper, 2009

I recently took a good look at this drawing after a couple of years and saw it in a whole new light...I realized what it was about. It's not about accuracy and anatomic model....instead, it's full of personal symbolism. When I shifted gears in my art career, I wanted to paint from "within" and find a true voice, this became kind of a "therapeutic catalyst" for things that I could not understand or express otherwise..Here, I think..I am speaking about my divorce and the mixed emotions and struggles that come with the whole life altering mess...I needed some more clarity, and my artwork and creative process helped me find some resolve or acceptance in these life changes that I had no control over. I think that visual metaphor and dreams are very powerful and can give clues and answers to our individual questions and kind of "put things into perspective". So pick up those art supplies and see what can manifest and materialize. 

School Horse, 2009, Framed, 24" x 30", pastel on paper

You know I really like blue, "Bluefield Street" Detail, 48" x 48"

 

These are of the horses that I conjure up in my imagination, a bit primitive and whimsical, always a metaphor for something I suppose...not gonna get too introspective...I just like blue. Sold

"Dancing Horses Green", 30" x 40", mixed media, acrylic on canvas

Dancing Horses, 30"w x 40"h, acrylic on canvas, Andrew Portwood Copyright 2015

"Dancing Horses Green", Detail 1, 30" x 40", mixed media, acrylic on canvas

"Verde", 14" x 17", charcoal & pastel on paper, Andrew Portwood Artist

"Verde", 14" x 17", charcoal on pastel on paper, Andrew Portwood copyright 2009

 

This is a simple, stylized sketch with charcoal and a touch of green and red. These sketches usually are work-ups to a painting, or a way to put down an idea before it evaporates!