Riders is an original acrylic painting by Ellen Jean Diederich that features four horse riders and their horses in vibrant hues.
Behind the piece: This painting, based on a fun and great riding experience took me over a year to paint. With these riders being backlit my details were very difficult to clarify. However tough it was, I think it has developed into a fun fresh painting.
Instead of waiting patiently in line for a desert ride in Arizona, as usual, I went gaga with my camera taking pictures of the horses. Apparently, there was time as they kept putting the eager competent riders onto the big horses. The riders on the paints totally distracted me until I heard… “Ma’am is you the one that needed a gentle horse?” My ride was so short; only the stirrups kept my legs from dragging on the ground.
The details of these horses and riders practically disappeared from my photographs as the subjects were back-lit. Perhaps this was a blessing. In this very textural acrylic painting, using carefully placed, contrasted or colored descriptive shapes became the goal. Some edges were blended.
This original acrylic painting is sized at 18″ x 36″ and framed at 22″ x 40″.
