Working in my preferred medium of oil on home stretched and primed canvas I paint big, sexy horses in a workspace barely six foot square.
 

What's my style? - No idea.  I guess you could say the images are fairly realistic, but not realism. 
 

What's my influence? In my dreams I'm painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps ( and in 2024 I actually did).  I suppose I'm in the realm of 19th century sporting horse artists, but the art that I love is a heady mix of Romanticism, Baroque and Neoclassicism
 

What's my technique? - I start on a white canvas that the image is drawn on and from there build up in layers, first of all looking for the light and darks then I'm a blender! I tend to work all over the place in the beginning. I apply colour that I feel reflects the iridescence of the horses coat and turn up the music to blend until I feel the toned musculature of the horse become the shape I want.  Then if I feel the need, I add more layers as the painting dries to create depth and strong shadows.

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Much of my source material comes from equestrian photographers Carlos Hernâni and Karen Broemmelsick