This piece was originally conceived as a composite of four seperate sketches. The composite was then drawn over with a stylus using very fine vectorised real oil strokes as the brush set.

I wanted to convey a physical dynamism and almost tactile sense of movement so drew the horses running through water. The displacement of water is a rather obvious, almost cliché choice, however, a very effective one. The obscured sunset was for dramatic purposes as it allowed me to overemphasise the contrast on the horses which adds a flair of the dramatic to the whole piece.
 
The final portrait is 20,000px x 14,145px which makes it over 282 megapixels in size. With a pixel density this high the reproduction is exceptionally fine, especially considering the world leading quality of pigment ink and paper used in the printing process.
 
All prints are giclée printed using genuine Lucia Pro pigment inks (archival ratings of up to 200 years) to a selection of Hahnemühle, Photospeed and Canson papers and can be supplied either print only or mounted and bespoke framed. Please note the mounts and frames will increase the overall size of the final framed portrait as the sizes below are for the print only.
 
All frames are ethically sourced solid wood and are fully sealed both at the rear of the frame and between the back mount and the glass to keep your portrait dust free.