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Jean Richardson (American, b. 1940). "Onrush" acrylic on canvas, 1990. Signed at lower right. Born in Oklahoma, Jean Richardson is known for impressively large, abstract equestrian paintings like this example. She magically transforms her canvases with mesmerizing color palettes and lush textures achieved via expressive brushwork and heavy impasto textures from which her trotting horses emerge. Richardson's oeuvre is remarkable, because she elegantly marries the notion of the Old West to her modernist aesthetic, breaking ground on a new frontier of Western Art. The horse provided Richardson with her "'great vocabulary,' an image that lent itself equally to abstraction and transcendant meaning." Size (painting): 40" L x 60" W (101.6 cm x 152.4 cm) Size (frame): 42.125" L x 62.125" W (107 cm x 157.8 cm)

Artist's Statement: "The image of the horse is the perfect vehicle to express my true subjects; motion and energy. The horse as a real being is lovely in itself and I enjoy the power, the speed, and the physical beauty of the animal. My paintings, however, take this real image and make it a symbol. The horse as a metaphor for the human spirit; unbridled, striving, sometimes heroic, often restless, full of energy, floating above us, calling us to other realms.

I propose that this is not a new theme. Every culture has had at the center of its stories about itself a mythical figure of the horse. From the incredible images on the walls of prehistoric caves, to the tales of Norse mythology, to the modern play 'Equus', the horse has been powerfully represented in the arts.

In this tradition, but in the contemporary vocabulary of modern painting, I have tried to explore my subject and find therein my own emotional response." (source: Jean Richardson Studio website)

Please Note: This painting was published on page 79 of Joan Carpenter Troccoli's "Turning Toward Home: The Art of Jean Richardson" published by John Szoke Graphics, Inc. New York, NY in 1998. A copy of this book with an inscription signed by Joan Carpenter Troccoli accompanies this painting. The inscription is addressed to the consignors, friends of Troccoli, who are the original and only owners of this painting.

Provenance: private Broomfield, Colorado, USA collection

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Overall excellent. Hand signed in white at lower right. Title written in black on verso. Mounted in beautiful custom frame that is fit with suspension wire.