Price range: $525.00 through $549.00
This artwork is on display at LRB Retreat & Private Gallery Experience.
It is not for sale online. You can view and purchase it in person at this location.
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An original ink drawing of a horse mid-turn, loose expressive strokes carrying quiet strength.
Every horse owner knows the look. You walk into the paddock and the horse turns its head back over its shoulder, ears forward, weight settled, deciding whether you are worth the interruption. Certainty holds that exact moment on paper. The horse is not startled and not posing. It is simply sure of itself, and the drawing carries that assurance in every mark. The head turns on a few dark, deliberate strokes while the body stands square beneath it, all muscle and patience, sketched with just enough line to let your eye finish the rest.
Ink is an unforgiving medium, and that is exactly why it suits this subject. There is no rubbing out and no layering over mistakes. Each stroke of Certainty was laid down once, wet brush against dry paper, and left to stand. The mane trails off into dry-brush sweeps where the bristles ran short of ink, and splatters scatter around the figure like dust kicked up from a dirt yard. Those flecks were not planned and were not removed. They record the speed of the hand that made them, and they give the drawing its sense of movement even though the horse itself is standing still. Up close you can trace where the brush pressed hard and where it barely touched, the full history of the drawing visible in a single pass.
Certainty was drawn at Running Duck Studio in Dayboro, in the hills north of Brisbane, where horses graze within sight of the studio and the sound of hooves on a gravel drive is part of an ordinary morning. That daily closeness matters. This is not a horse imagined from photographs. It is drawn from years of watching real horses stand, turn, and size people up. The loose, gestural style comes from that familiarity, the confidence to leave things out because you know precisely what belongs, and the restraint to stop before the drawing says too much.
The work arrives framed and ready to hang, so it goes from the box to the wall in minutes. In black ink on white paper it sits comfortably in almost any room, holding its own against timber, linen, or a plain painted wall. It suits an entry, a study, or the quiet end of a hallway where a visitor stops, meets the horse’s backward glance, and looks a moment longer than they intended. For anyone who rides, owns horses, or simply grew up around them, Certainty reads as true. It is a one-off original, so the piece on your wall is the only one there will ever be.
Certainty
This artwork is on display at LRB Retreat & Private Gallery Experience.
It is not for sale online. You can view and purchase it in person at this location.
