Dapple Gray War Horse
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
Dapple Gray War Horse
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
On a hillside somewhere in the wilderness of the American Wild West, a powerful warrior horse stands among long grass gazing down the slope. A thick fog has rolled in obscuring the dark fir trees in the background. The cold winds blow harsh through the painted dapple gray's dark mane and tail.
From the artist: I created this in January of 2022. We had a foggy morning one day, and I was looking at the way the trees in my neighborhood faded into it. It gave me an idea to create this landscape with fir trees getting lost in the fog. Needing a subject, I decided to add one of my ever-popular warrior horses. Lately, I've really been into the dapple gray coat, so I picked that one for this work.
Also, for this artwork I created an animated version to be offered as an NFT ( https://bit.ly/3FH2dbj ).
A guide to the meanings behind the markings:
Lines on its face represent victories in battle.
For keen senses, it has the sun painted around its eye and circles around its nostrils.
The blue circles are hail to rain down upon enemies.
The arrow on its neck is a sign of victory.
The handprint on it hindquarters means it has accomplished a mission.
A symbol for a snake is on its hind leg, and above that, blue horses for captured mounts.
A cross on its flank is for escaping an ambush.
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
P.S.
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January 17th, 2022
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Taphath Foose
Amazing work, Daniel!!! Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! And a congratulations as your gorgeous work was also specially chosen as an “Administrator's Finest” and shared in the Your Best Work group thread!! 😊