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American Horse by ~wolfman007:iconwolfman007:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > People

©2005-2009 ~wolfman007
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There was a Lakota warrior named American Horse.
This is how he earned his name.

Painting was originaly in acrylic, when I started doing oils, I touched it up with oil, just because acrylic makes a painting so damn stiff, I had to loosen it up a bit.
I think its better, sorry cant show the old version to compare and get some opinions.

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~BlueTaboo Dec 21, 2005, 11:26:08 PM
Wow. Crazy good work here. Awesome job with the action shot.
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~Renifer Dec 21, 2005, 11:29:00 PM
That is SO amazing *__*. The movement, the dynamism, you can almost feel the internal strenght of those horses...Oooh, great ;)

Personally, I hate acrylics, not only becaouse the painting looks stiff...Yay for oils!

Btw. how big is the painting?

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~Big-Brother-Mateyka Dec 21, 2005, 11:31:46 PM
Wow...this is one amazing work of art!

Just glancing at this picture for just one moment, and my blood is already pulsing rapidly. The raw orange color and faint hints of red truly bring out this scene from an epic battle. An unbelievable amount of detail is undertaken to craft the faces of both the men and the horses related to the subject. Even the musculature is bare, standing right out, and really making manifest the awesome flow of power throughout the entire scene. Again, this is an amazing deviation. Instant :fav:
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~erkue Dec 22, 2005, 1:00:10 AM
Really good painting! You have captured the movement, and details is just perfect! Yes! ;)
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~shadowfax88 Dec 22, 2005, 3:10:09 AM
just, WAUW

this is A M A Z I N G!!!

I envy your painting skills! it looks great,
that color sceme fits the scene wich is displayed and the movement of both the horses and the indian!

how long does it take to make such an artwork? (as in, you started with this one, and you finished it, how much time was that?)

and how big is the canvas you used?

ooh this truly is a :+favlove:!!!

:heart:

Merel

ooh and have a great X-mass and a wonderful new year!!! :D

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~Dyun Dec 22, 2005, 11:16:51 AM
Beautiful once again. I love your paintings. They have so much life and energy in them. I love the colors too. They definitely have that feel of a dry praire, bathed in the late afternoon sun. I see the white horse has at least a bit of Arab in him. :D Very nice. :thumbsup: :)

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~NNKGM Dec 22, 2005, 1:09:13 PM
How do I reccomend this for a DD...?
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~wolfman007 Dec 22, 2005, 1:43:00 PM
thanx,
The painting is 24/36 inches.
oils are great.
more alive.
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~wolfman007 Dec 22, 2005, 1:47:41 PM
Well, glad you like it, thanx for the comments.
Its 24/36
I actually did the acrylic about 4 years ago, and just now went back to it to add the oil work.
all togethere it probably was a couple of weeks work, maybe 3
cant remember exactly.
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~wolfman007 Dec 22, 2005, 1:52:11 PM
Ya, the white horse does have some arabian elements , true.
actually there is some historical reason for that because the horses that the spanish conquistadors brouht over were all barbs and arabs, thats it, no othere breeds. so all the mustangs that Indiands rode had barb and arab ancestors.
Anyhow, thats my history sermon for the day.
Sorry.
Thanx , for your comments, you seem to see what I was going for.
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