Senses Myths – The Black Horse

Description

This artwork is part of the Senses Myth Series that depicts myths from round the world with similar symbolism and combines them with one of the 6 senses.

The Black Horse – Hear&Listen

• In the Book of Revelation, one of the Four Horsemen rides a black horse, symbolising famine and economic despair. He carries scales, representing the weighing of food rations during scarcity.
• Hades, the greek god of the underworld, rides a black chariot drawn by four black horses. This chariot was used when he abducted Persephone, dragging her into the underworld and causing the cycle of the seasons.
• Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, was said to have a black celestial horse that could outrun the wind and was a divine gift from the Sky God, Tengri.

The background motif represents wind as reference to Kublai Khan’s horse that could outrun the wind. Hear&Listen was chosen because of the howling winds I heard while making the painting.

Original artwork specifications

• Canvas on board
• Professional Talens Amsterdam Acrylic paint
• 3D printed PLA+ text element
• 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm
• Unique artwork

Canvas Print specifications

• Square 30x30cm or 60x60cm canvas
• Printed with non-hazardous, non-toxic, non-flammable latex inks
• Cotton and polyester composite canvas
• Frame from renewable forests

Canvas may have a slight size deviation up to 3mm

See Print specifications and Licensing for more information.